Is vitamin D deficiency to blame for the asthma epidemic?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1031-1035

  Litonjua, Augusto A ^a,b   Weiss, Scott T ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; Asthma; prevention; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35648960877     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.08.028     Document Type: Review

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