Vitamin D, sunlight and cancer

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-80

  Williamson, Claire S ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 33744481063     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2006.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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