Lung cancer survival: Vitamin D could be just a marker of physical fitness [7]

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 5537-5538

  Van Renterghem, Dirk ^a  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FITNESS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 36849081813     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.2034     Document Type: Letter

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