Vitamin D in asthma and allergy: What next?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1255-1257

  Weiss, S T ^a   Litonjua, A A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 82555173031     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00129811     Document Type: Editorial

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