Vitamin D supplementation did not prevent influenza-like illness as diagnosed retrospectively by questionnaires in subjects participating in randomized clinical trials

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Jorde, Rolf ^a   Witham, Miles ^b   Janssens, Wim ^c   Rolighed, Lars ^d   Borchhardt, Kyra ^e   De Boer, Ian H ^f   Grimnes, Guri ^a   Hutchinson, Moira S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

H1N1; Influenza; Randomized clinical trial; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

DATA COLLECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84856092916     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.621446     Document Type: Article

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