Vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for allergic disorders and immune mechanisms

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 438-444

  Frieri, Marianne ^a   Valluri, Ashok ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SINUSITIS; SNEEZING; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455184999     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2011.32.3485     Document Type: Article

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