Vitamin D and Bronchial Asthma: An Overview of Data From the Past 5 Years

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 917-929

  Hall, Sannette C ^a   Agrawal, Devendra K ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; clinical trials; immunomodulation; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 85018822995     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.04.002     Document Type: Review

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