Vitamin D2, vitamin D3, and the tolerable upper intake level

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2060-2061

  McKiernan, Fergus E ^a   Wiley, Carmen ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECALCIFEROL; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP27A1; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 56749171074     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.080801     Document Type: Letter

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