Association between vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency and the risk of childhood asthma: Evidence from a meta-analysis

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 5699-5706

  Man, Lixin ^a   Zhang, Zhao ^b   Zhang, Meng ^b   Zhang, Yingying ^a   Li, Ju ^c   Zheng, Nan ^a   Cao, Yanhua ^a   Chi, Ming ^a   Chao, Yujin ^a   Huang, Qiuer ^a   Song, Chunmei ^a   Xu, Bo ^a  

^a JINAN MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine University   (China)

^c People s Hospital of Pingyi   (China)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Meta analysis; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D insufficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INSUFFICIENCY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84935919888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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