Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease: A jack of all trades?

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-124

  De Boer, Rudolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PARICALCITOL; RENIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NONHUMAN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79958032936     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: 17528976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470320311410923     Document Type: Editorial

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