Is vitamin D supplementation effective for the prevention of falls in elderly people?
Las caídas en el adulto mayor son frecuentes y conllevan importante morbimortalidad, dependencia e institucionalización. Se ha planteado que la suplementación con vitamina D podría prevenir la ocurrencia de este evento. Utilizando la base de datos Epistemonikos, la cual es mantenida mediante búsqued...
Main Authors: | Franco Scheel, Marcela Carrasco |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Medwave Estudios Limitada
2016-03-01
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Series: | Medwave |
Online Access: | http://www.medwave.cl/link.cgi/Medwave/PuestaDia/ResEpis/6368 |
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