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Calcium supplements and cardiovascular risk in the Women’s Health Initiative: response to Bolland et al.

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  1. Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, M3-A410, POB, 19024, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA

    R. L. Prentice

  2. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    R. D. Jackson

  3. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    J. E. Rossouw

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Prentice, R.L., Jackson, R.D. & Rossouw, J.E. Calcium supplements and cardiovascular risk in the Women’s Health Initiative: response to Bolland et al.. Osteoporos Int 24, 2373–2374 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-013-2359-9

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