Vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory tract infection: a randomized, double-blinded trial among young Finnish men.
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Ilkka Laaksi, Juha-Petri Ruohola, Ville Mattila, Anssi Auvinen, Timo Ylikomi, and Harri Pihlajamäki Department of Cell Biology, Medical School, and Department of Epidemiology, Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, and Finnish Defence Forces and Research Department, Centre for Military Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of infectious diseases
دوره 202 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010