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Dietary Calcium Supplementation and Blood Pressure-Reply

Abstract

In Reply. —Dr Cappuccio's aggressive attack on our work is particularly unfortunate because he has either not read or not understood our article. Cappuccio seems to think we suggested our findings have public health implications. In fact, we stated that "[i]t is unlikely that there are important underlying effects of calcium supplementation in reducing blood pressure in those with adequate calcium intake."Cappuccio criticizes our handling of …

Authors

Bucher HC; Guyatt GH; Cook DJ; Cook RJ

Journal

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 276, No. 17, pp. 1386–1386

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Publication Date

November 6, 1996

DOI

10.1001/jama.1996.03540170030023

ISSN

0098-7484