Vitamin D Deficiency and Chronic Lung Disease

Vitamin D deficiency is increasingly being recognized as a prevalent problem in the general population. Patients with chronic lung diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive lung disease and interstitial pneumonia appear to be at increased risk for vitamin D deficiency for reasons...

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Main Authors: Christopher R Gilbert, Seth M Arum, Cecilia M Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/829130
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spelling doaj-76285d45ac2c446bae68ddaeb8c9c5cf2021-07-02T02:26:45ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412009-01-01163758010.1155/2009/829130Vitamin D Deficiency and Chronic Lung DiseaseChristopher R Gilbert0Seth M Arum1Cecilia M Smith2Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAUniversity of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, UKDepartment of Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, USAVitamin D deficiency is increasingly being recognized as a prevalent problem in the general population. Patients with chronic lung diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive lung disease and interstitial pneumonia appear to be at increased risk for vitamin D deficiency for reasons that are not clear.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/829130
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series Canadian Respiratory Journal
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publishDate 2009-01-01
description Vitamin D deficiency is increasingly being recognized as a prevalent problem in the general population. Patients with chronic lung diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive lung disease and interstitial pneumonia appear to be at increased risk for vitamin D deficiency for reasons that are not clear.
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