title: The Role of Vitamin D Supplements in Women's Health.
abstract: Vitamin D is pivotal to the absorption of calcium and maximizing bone health. Women suffer great morbidity and mortality related to osteoporosis and fractures, which may be decreased by interventions such as vitamin D. In addition, extraskeletal benefits of vitamin D have been postulated including positive effects on cancer. Both the classical and nonclassical functions of vitamin D will be discussed here, with a focus on women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Department of Orthopedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Tiffany M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bohon
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Marci A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goolsby
keywords: cancer; fracture; vitamin D; women’s health