Article
Vitamin D and Calcium: What Do We Need to Know?
Clinical obstetrics and gynecology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2013
Disciplines
Abstract
This chapter provides a summary of the literature including results from large trials, meta-analyses, and recent major recommendations. Two well-accepted and recent recommendations include those from the Agency for Health Research and Quality on calcium and vitamin D supplementation and from the Institute of Medicine's dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D. This review suggests that there is strong evidence for synergistic roles of calcium and vitamin D in maintaining bone health in postmenopausal women, but the correlation between vitamin D alone and bone health is overall inconclusive.
Citation Information
Vincent Zhang, Daniel Jiang, Yousaf Z Farukhi, Clifford J Rosen, et al.. "Vitamin D and Calcium: What Do We Need to Know?" Clinical obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 56 Iss. 4 (2013) p. 654 - 658 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xuezhi-jiang/39/