Comment on "Vitamin D deficiency is the cause of common obesity"

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-

  Zhang, Zhenya ^a   Zhang, Zongming ^a  

^a the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RELEASE; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CAUSALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67349225098     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.004     Document Type: Letter

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