Vitamin D supplementation may reduce risk of acute respiratory tract infections
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Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data
Objectives To assess the overall effect of vitamin D supplementation on risk of acute respiratory tract infection, and to identify factors modifying this effect.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data (IPD) from randomised controlled trials.Data sources Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacy Today
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1042-0991
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptdy.2017.03.010