Make no bones about it: Increasing epidemiologic evidence links vitamin D to pulmonary function and COPD

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3781-3783

  Wright, Rosalind J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 30344475178     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.6.3781     Document Type: Editorial

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