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. 2015 Jan 29:350:h321.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h321.

Should vitamin D supplements be recommended to prevent chronic diseases?

Haakon E Meyer¹, Kristin Holvik², Paul Lips³

Affiliations

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¹ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway University of Oslo, Department of Community Medicine, Oslo, Norway haakon.meyer@fhi.no.
² Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway.
³ Endocrine Section, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

PMID: 25633148
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h321

Should vitamin D supplements be recommended to prevent chronic diseases?

Haakon E Meyer et al. BMJ. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 29:350:h321.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h321.

Authors

Haakon E Meyer¹, Kristin Holvik², Paul Lips³

Affiliations

¹ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway University of Oslo, Department of Community Medicine, Oslo, Norway haakon.meyer@fhi.no.
² Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway.
³ Endocrine Section, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

PMID: 25633148
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h321

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