The use of stable tracers to study intestinal calcium absorption. The Italian Society of Osteoporosis.

This paper represents the final document released by the Italian Society of Osteoporosis (S.I.OP.), on the occasion of its fifth annual meeting held in Padova, Italy (November 30-December 3, 1993). The S.I.OP. has in fact planned to periodically organize a conference on still-debated, controversial issues. After an exhaustive discussion of the various aspects of the problem by qualified experts in the field, a solution will be proposed by the members of the Society. The problems related to the use of radioactive tracers to study intestinal calcium absorption and the possible ways to over-come them were the issues discussed last year, by four panelists (R. P. Heaney, C. Gennari, G. Mioni, and S. Minisola) coordinated by G. F. Mazzuoli.