Can the sunshine vitamin melt the fat?

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 603-610

  El Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; DOXERCALCIFEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84860259869     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2011.12.006     Document Type: Editorial

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