Meta-analysis of long-term vitamin D supplementation on overall mortality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Yayuan ^a   Zhu, Jianhong ^a   Zhou, Manru ^a   Cui, Liao ^a   Yao, Weimin ^a   Liu, Yuyu ^a  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLICATION BIAS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84891784332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082109     Document Type: Article

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