Benefits and requirements of vitamin D for optimal health: A review

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-111

  Grant, William B ^a,b   Holick, Michael F ^c  

^a Sunlight Nutrition and Health Research Center (SUNARC)   (United States)

^b Boston University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

BONE DISEASE; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 21344463548     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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