Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of cancer in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Bjelakovic, Goran ^a   Gluud, Lise Lotte ^a   Nikolova, Dimitrinka ^a   Whitfield, Kate ^a   Wetterslev, Jørn ^b   Gluud, Christian ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Clinical Intervention Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; ALFACALCIDOL; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; DIHYDROTACHYSTEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; HYDROXYCOLECALCIFEROL; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FRACTURE; MORTALITY;

EID: 55049086301     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007469     Document Type: Review

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