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. 2020 Jun 1;12(6):1620.
doi: 10.3390/nu12061620.

Reply: "Vitamin D Supplementation in Influenza and COVID-19 Infections. Comment on: Evidence That Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths Nutrients 2020, 12(4), 988"

William B Grant  1 , Carole A Baggerly  2 , Henry Lahore  3
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Reply: "Vitamin D Supplementation in Influenza and COVID-19 Infections. Comment on: Evidence That Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths Nutrients 2020, 12(4), 988"

William B Grant et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

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Keywords: African Americans; C-reactive protein; COVID-19; hemoglobin; influenza; randomized controlled trials; respiratory tract infections; vitamin D; vitamin D2; vitamin D3.

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Conflict of interest statement

W.B.G. receives funding from Bio-Tech Pharmacal, Inc. (Fayetteville, AR). GrassrootsHealth works with various supplement suppliers to test the efficacy of their products in various custom projects. These suppliers may be listed as ’Sponsors’ of GrassrootsHealth. H.L. has no conflicts of interest to declare. VitaminDWiki.com receives funding from Bio-Tech Pharmacal, Inc.

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