Vitamin D and aging: Beyond calcium and bone metabolism

Maturitas

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Pérez López, Faustino R ^a   Chedraui, Peter ^b   Fernández Alonso, Ana M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D; 25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Aging; Frailty; Mortality; Vitamin D; Vitamin D polymorphisms; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ARTICLE; BONE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 79954630645     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.02.014     Document Type: Review

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