Vitamin D supplements do not reduce mortality risk

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bolland, Mark J ^a   Grey, Andrew ^a   Reid, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; DRUG METABOLITE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

HUMANS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84899620694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2860     Document Type: Letter

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