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  1. Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases and Endocrinology Washington University School of Medicine, The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Louis V. Avioli M.D.

  2. Center for Hard Tissue Research, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Robert P. Heaney M.D.

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Avioli, L.V., Heaney, R.P. Calcium intake and bone health. Calcif Tissue Int 48, 221–223 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556371

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