An estimate of the global reduction in mortality rates through doubling vitamin D levels

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1016-1026

  Grant, W B ^a  

^a Sunlight Nutrition and Health Research Center (SUNARC)   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cardiovascular disease; diabetes mellitus; respiratory infections; ultraviolet B; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREECLAMPSIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 80052580056     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.68     Document Type: Review

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