Vitamin D status in female military personnel during combat training
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Vitamin D status in female military personnel during combat training
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for maintaining bone health. Recent data suggest that vitamin D and calcium supplementation might affect stress fracture incidence in military personnel. Although stress fracture is a health risk for military personnel during training, no study has investigated changes in vitamin D status in Soldiers during United States (US) Army basic combat training (BCT). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1550-2783
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-7-38