Vitamin D and the athlete: Risks, recommendations, and benefits

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1856-1868

  Ogan, Dana ^a   Pritchett, Kelly ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Athlete; Athletic performance; Insufficiency; Supplementation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

AGING; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL REGENERATION; FRACTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORT INJURY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 84878457282     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5061856     Document Type: Review

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