Vitamin D status and metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians
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Vitamin D status and the metabolic syndrome.
The identification of vitamin D receptor expression in different tissues suggests a widespread role for vitamin D action beyond its classical function in bone and mineral metabolism. Recently, the importance of vitamin D status as a risk factor in the development of metabolic syndrome has been the focus of several studies.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.232