Deficiency of sunlight and vitamin D

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7657, 2008, Pages 1318-1319

  Holick, Michael F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D;

BONE DESTRUCTION; BREAST FEEDING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHATURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION;

COUNSELING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; RICKETS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 46249119711     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39581.411424.80     Document Type: Editorial

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