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Calcium and osteoporotic fractures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Haakon E. Meyer*
Affiliation:
Section for Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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Abstract

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Invited commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2004

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