Vitamin D status and recommendations to improve vitamin D status in Canadian youth
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1715-5312,1715-5320
DOI: 10.1139/h10-054