Vitamin D and risk of cause specific death: Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and randomised intervention studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chowdhury, Rajiv ^a   Kunutsor, Setor ^a   Vitezova, Anna ^b   Oliver Williams, Clare ^a   Chowdhury, Susmita ^c   Kiefte De Jong, Jessica C ^b   Khan, Hassan ^a   Baena, Cristina P ^d   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^e   Hoshen, Moshe B ^f   Feldman, Becca S ^f   Pan, An ^g,h   Johnson, Laura ⁱ   Crowe, Francesca ^j   Hu, Frank B ^g   Franco, Oscar H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Genomics Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^f CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84897969679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1903     Document Type: Article

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