Vitamin D and athletes

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 220-226

  Larson Meyer, D Enette ^a   Willis, Kentz S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Cooperative Extension Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BODY FAT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE DENSITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77956824014     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181e7dd45     Document Type: Review

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