Vitamin D in health and disease: Current perspectives

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Ran ^a   Naughton, Declan P ^b  

^a AllergyMatters Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; INSULIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; QUININE; SULFONAMIDE; SUNSCREEN; THYROID EXTRACT; VITAMIN D;

ANXIETY; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; FAT MALABSORPTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY CANCER; LATITUDE; LUNG CANCER; MALNUTRITION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RICKETS; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SKIN; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WINTER; ANIMAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 78649800662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-9-65     Document Type: Review

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