Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are lower in urban African American subjects with chronic rhinosinusitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 415-417

  Pinto, Jayant M ^a   Schneider, John ^a   Perez, Rosanne ^a   DeTineo, Marcella ^a   Baroody, Fuad M ^a   Naclerio, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SEASON; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN D;

EID: 48349121844     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.05.038     Document Type: Letter

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