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Effect of vitamin D deficiency in developed countries
Author(s) -
Zaki HassanSmith,
Martin Hewison,
Neil Gittoes
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
british medical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1471-8391
pISSN - 0007-1420
DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldx005
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , observational study , adverse effect , disease , vitamin , dosing , bioinformatics , endocrinology , biology
Vitamin D deficiency is common worldwide with adverse effects on skeletal health. In recent years, there has been great interest in non-classical actions of vitamin D. Basic research has uncovered actions in a range of non-skeletal tissues, and observational studies have identified inverse relationships with risk of a number of disease states including sarcopenia, obesity, the metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancer and autoimmune diseases.

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