Vitamin D — Effects on Skeletal and Extraskeletal Health and the Need for Supplementation

Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, has received a lot of attention recently as a result of a meteoric rise in the number of publications showing that vitamin D plays a crucial role in a plethora of physiological functions and associating vitamin D deficiency with many acute and chronic illnesses inclu...

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Main Authors: Matthias Wacker, Michael F. Holick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-01-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/5/1/111