Changes in body weight and incidence of hip fracture among middle aged Norwegians
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Dietary factors and the incidence of hip fracture in middle-aged Norwegians. A prospective study.
Dietary data from a prospective study were used to relate factors influencing calcium balance (estimates of dietary calcium intake, protein intake from nondairy animal sources (meat, fish, and eggs), and coffee consumption) to the incidence of hip fracture. During the years 1977-1983, women and men born between 1925 and 1940 and living in one of three Norwegian counties were invited to a cardio...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.6997.91