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Comment
. 2020 Sep-Oct;14(5):777.
doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.05.049. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

Response to 'Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank'

Akangsha Sur Roy  1 , Montgomery Matson  2 , Rahul Herlekar  2
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Comment

Response to 'Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank'

Akangsha Sur Roy et al. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Sep-Oct.
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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Comment on

  • Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank.
    Hastie CE, Mackay DF, Ho F, Celis-Morales CA, Katikireddi SV, Niedzwiedz CL, Jani BD, Welsh P, Mair FS, Gray SR, O'Donnell CA, Gill JM, Sattar N, Pell JP. Hastie CE, et al. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Jul-Aug;14(4):561-565. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.050. Epub 2020 May 7. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020. PMID: 32413819 Free PMC article.

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