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Calcium enhances the bone-sparing effects of low-dosage estrogen in postmenopausal women

  • Session VIII: Prevention: Estrogen, Calcium And Exercise
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  1. Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Division of Research, Oakland

    B. Ettinger

  2. Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    H. K. Genant

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Ettinger, B., Genant, H.K. Calcium enhances the bone-sparing effects of low-dosage estrogen in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis Int 3 (Suppl 1), 157–158 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01621894

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