Vitamin D: The underappreciated D-lightful hormone that is important for skeletal and cellular health

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-98

  Holick, Michael F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LETHARGY; OBESITY; PROSTATE CANCER; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RICKETS; SKELETON; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036307172     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-200202000-00011     Document Type: Review

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