Bioavailability of vitamin D and its metabolites in black and white adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2047-2048

  Holick, Michael F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIOAVAILABILITY; BONE DENSITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 84889842319     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1312291     Document Type: Editorial

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