Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

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Volumn 356, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Martineau, Adrian R ^a   Jolliffe, David A ^a   Hooper, Richard L ^a   Greenberg, Lauren ^a   Aloia, John F ^b   Bergman, Peter ^c   Dubnov Raz, Gal ^d   Esposito, Susanna ^e   Ganmaa, Davaasambuu ^f   Ginde, Adit A ^g   Goodall, Emma C ^h   Grant, Cameron C ⁱ   Griffiths, Christopher J ^a   Janssens, Wim ^j   Laaksi, Ilkka ^k   Manaseki Holland, Semira ^l   Mauger, David ^m   Murdoch, David R ⁿ   Neale, Rachel ^o   Rees, Judy R ^p   Simpson, Steve ^q   Stelmach, Iwona ^r   Kumar, Geeta Trilok ^s   Urashima, Mitsuyoshi ^t   Camargo, Carlos A ^u   more..

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^m PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^o QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^p DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^r MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^s University of Delhi ^*  (India)

^t JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^u MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 85013031994     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i6583     Document Type: Article

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