Sunlight and Vitamin D: Necessary for Public Health
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چکیده
GrassrootsHealth, Encinitas, California (C.A.B., C.B.F., S.L.M.); Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California (R.E.C., C.F.G., E.D.G.); Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, California (W.B.G.); Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska (R.P.H.); Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (M.F.H.); Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (B.W.H., C.L.W.); Special Olympics International, Washington, DC (M.P.); Alaska State House of Representatives, Juneau, Alaska (P.S.); Wismar University of Applied Science, Wismar, GERMANY (A.W.)
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 34 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015