Nutritional vitamin D: The benefits of supplementation

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-347

  Bushinsky, David A ^a   Silver, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN;

BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG HALF LIFE; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINERAL METABOLISM; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RICKETS; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUN EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BONE DENSITY; CALCITRIOL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 55249123612     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3283040ee8     Document Type: Editorial

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