Vitamin D and COPD: Seasonal variation is important

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 541-542

  Ampikaipakan, Sundari N ^a   Hughes, David A ^b   Hughes, Jackie C ^b   Amen, Talar ^a   Bentham, Graham ^c   Wilson, Andrew M ^c  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENDER; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; WINTER;

EID: 79956362294     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.134338     Document Type: Letter

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