Association of serum vitamin D with asthma and atopy in childhood: Review of epidemiological observational studies

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 881-899

  Kolokotroni, Ourania ^a,b   Middleton, Nicos ^a   Kouta, Christiana ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Yiallouros, Panayiotis K ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; Epidemiology; Review; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CORTICOSTEROID; VITAMIN D;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENDER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEEZING; BLOOD; CHILD; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84937155269     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389557515666150519105541     Document Type: Article

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