Vitamin D supplementation in underway submariners

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 569-575

  Duplessis, Christopher A ^a   Harris, Eric B ^a   Watenpaugh, Donald E ^a   Horn, Wayne G ^a  

^a Naval Submarine Base New London   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Risks for autoimmune disease; Risks for malignancy; Submariners; Ultraviolet light; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SAILOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BONE RESORPTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 20044385088     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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