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. 2025 Feb;32(1):67-68.
doi: 10.11005/jbm.24.775. Epub 2025 Feb 28.

Calcium Supplementation: To Do or Not to Do

Emanuella Graciela Borges Fonseca  1 , Carlos Marques Dos Santos  1 , Felipe Freire da Silva  2 , Ana Tereza Amoedo Martinez  2   3 , Jozélio Freire de Carvalho  4
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Calcium Supplementation: To Do or Not to Do

Emanuella Graciela Borges Fonseca et al. J Bone Metab. 2025 Feb.
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