Changes in vitamin D and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in submariners during a submerged patrol

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-108

  Baker, A ^a   Wood, C L ^b   Wood, A M ^a   Timms, P ^c   Allsopp, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LATITUDE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBMARINER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84892700574     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101793     Document Type: Article

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