Open AccessShort- and Long-Term Safety of Weekly High-Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation in School Children
Author(s) -
Joyce Maalouf,
Mobulsi,
Reinhold Vieth,
Samantha Kimball,
Rola El Rassi,
Ziyad Mahfoud,
Ghada ElHajj Fuleihan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-2530
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , medicine , placebo , vitamin , cholecalciferol , vitamin d deficiency , hypovitaminosis , endocrinology , physiology , alternative medicine , pathology
Hypovitaminosis D is prevalent in youth worldwide, but the safety of vitamin D at doses exceeding 200 IU/d is unknown in this age group. We assessed the safety of high doses of vitamin D(3) administered to apparently healthy schoolchildren.
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