Vitamin D deficiency, atherosclerosis and cancer

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 751-756

  Ginter, E ^a   Simko, V ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deficiency; Heart disease; Stroke; Vitamin D; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77952962102     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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