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- Title
Efficacy of different doses and time intervals of oral vitamin D supplementation with or without calcium in elderly nursing home residents.
- Authors
Chel, V; Wijnhoven, H A H; Smit, J H; Ooms, M; Lips, P
- Abstract
The effect of equivalent oral doses of vitamin D3 600 IU/day, 4200 IU/week and 18,000 IU/month on vitamin D status was compared in a randomized clinical trial in nursing home residents. A daily dose was more effective than a weekly dose, and a monthly dose was the least effective.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2008, Vol 19, Issue 5, p663
- ISSN
0937-941X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-007-0465-2