The health benefits of vitamin D greatly outweigh the health risks

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 506-507

  Grant, William B ^a   Garland, Cedric F ^b  

^a Sunlight Nutrition and Health Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INDICATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 42549148012     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20753     Document Type: Letter

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