Response to vitamin D supplementation during antarctic winter is related to BMI, and supplementation can mitigate Epstein-Barr virus reactivation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 692-697

  Zwart, Sara R ^a   Mehta, Satish K ^b   Ploutz Snyder, Robert ^a   Bourbeau, YaVonne ^b   Locke, James P ^c   Pierson, Duane L ^c   Smith, Scott M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b Enterprise Advisory Services Inc   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; VITAMIN D;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE METABOLISM; DRUG EFFICACY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRESS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ADULT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VITAMIN D;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 79955512594     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.134742     Document Type: Article

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