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Dietary calcium intake and bone density

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

R. Swaminathan
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, United Dental and Medical Schools, London
S. C. Ho
Affiliation:
Departments of Community and Family Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Abstract

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Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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