Why do so many trials of vitamin D supplementation fail?
Our knowledge of vitamin D has come a long way since the 100 years it took for doctors to accept, between 1860 and 1890, that both sunlight and cod liver oil (a well-known folk remedy) cured and prevented rickets. Vitamins D2/D3 were discovered exactly a hundred years ago, and over the last 50 years...
Main Author: | Barbara J Boucher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bioscientifica
2020-09-01
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Series: | Endocrine Connections |
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Online Access: | https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/9/9/EC-20-0274.xml |
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