منابع مشابه
Relationship of Vitamin D and Respiratory Diseases
1Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province 110122, PR China 2Department of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA *Corresponding author Hongguang Nie, MD, PhD Professor Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development China Medical University No.77 Puhe Road She...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical & Experimental Immunology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0009-9104,1365-2249
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04001.x