Weekly cholecalciferol supplementation results in significant reductions in infection risk among the vitamin D deficient: Results from the CIPRIS pilot RCT

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Simpson, Steve ^a   Van Der Mei, Ingrid ^a   Stewart, Niall ^b   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Tettey, Prudence ^a   Taylor, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute infection; Randomised controlled trial; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008482510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2055-0928-1-7     Document Type: Article

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