Vitamin D - The iceberg nutrient

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-335

  Heaney, Robert P ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium absorption; Cancer; Falls; Serum 25(OH)D; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CATHELICIDIN; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; OXYGENASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MONOCYTE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OSTEOMALACIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RICKETS; RISK REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUN EXPOSURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN D RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHOLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33846235030     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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