Should vitamin D supplements be recommended to prevent chronic diseases?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Meyer, Haakon E ^a,b   Holvik, Kristin ^a   Lips, Paul ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLACK PERSON; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; RISK FACTOR;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COSTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 84921995493     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h321     Document Type: Article

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