Vitamin D and the seasonality of type 2 diabetes

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-318

  Doró, Péter ^a   Grant, William B ^b   Benko, Ria ^a   Matuz, Mária ^a   Tóth, Tamás ^c   Soós, Gyöngyvér ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Sunlight   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 45849130927     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.03.005     Document Type: Letter

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