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The roles of vitamins D and K in bone health and osteoporosis prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

M. J. Shearer
M. J. Shearer
Affiliation:
The Vitamin K Research Unit, The Haemophilia Centre, St Thomas's Hospital, Lumbeth Palace Road, London SEI 7EH
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Symposium on ‘Nutritional aspects of bone’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , November 1997 , pp. 915 - 937
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