Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the incidence of acute viral respiratory tract infections in healthy adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Sabetta, James R ^a,b   Depetrillo, Paolo ^c   Cipriani, Ralph J ^b   Smardin, Joanne ^b   Burns, Lillian A ^b   Landry, Marie L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77956199887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011088     Document Type: Article

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