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Sunlight exposure or vitamin D supplementation for vitamin D-deficient non-western immigrants: a ran...

Sunlight exposure or vitamin D supplementation for vitamin D-deficient non-western immigrants: a ran...

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Sunlight exposure or vitamin D supplementation for vitamin D-deficient non-western immigrants: a randomized clinical trial

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Full title

Sunlight exposure or vitamin D supplementation for vitamin D-deficient non-western immigrants: a randomized clinical trial

Publisher

London: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Osteoporosis international, 2011-03, Vol.22 (3), p.873-882

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

London: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

Summary
Vitamin D deficiency is very common in non-western immigrants. In this randomized clinical trial, vitamin D 800 IU/day or 100,000 IU/3 months were compared with advised sunlight exposure. Vitamin D supplementation was more effective than advised sunlight exposure in improving vitamin D status and lowering parathyroid hormone levels.
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Full title

Sunlight exposure or vitamin D supplementation for vitamin D-deficient non-western immigrants: a randomized clinical trial

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3034877

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3034877

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ISSN

0937-941X

E-ISSN

1433-2965

DOI

10.1007/s00198-010-1343-x

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