Vitamin D: A D-lightful solution for health

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 872-880

  Holick, Michael F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Autoimmune diseases; Cancer; Diabetes; Influenza; Osteoporosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PREECLAMPSIA; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 80052220806     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e318214ea2d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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