Vitamin D, periodontal disease, tooth loss, and cancer risk

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 612-613

  Grant, William B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; VITAMIN D;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 45949109976     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70164-5     Document Type: Letter

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