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. 2021 Jun:105:106395.
doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106395. Epub 2021 May 29.

The link between vitamin D and COVID-19

Daniel M O Campos  1 , Edilson D Silva Jr  1 , Umberto L Fulco  1 , Jonas I N Oliveira  2
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The link between vitamin D and COVID-19

Daniel M O Campos et al. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 Jun.
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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.

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