Vitamin D
Article Sources
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Mayo Medical Laboratories. Vitamin D Testing. Available online at http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/articles/vitamind/index.html through http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com. Accessed February 2009.
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Prevention, Vitamin D. Available online at http://www.nof.org/prevention/vitaminD.htm through http://www.nof.org. Accessed February 2009.
Bikle D. Nonclassic Actions of Vitamin D. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009; 94: 26-34.
Mark S, Gray-Donald K, Delvin EE, O'Loughlin J, Paradis G, Levy E, Lambert M. Low vitamin D status in a representative sample of youth from Quebec, Canada. Clinical Chemistry 2008 Aug; 54(8): 1283-9.
Sources Used in Previous Reviews
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NIH (2001 August 07, Updated). Vitamin D. NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health. Facts About Dietary Supplements [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/supplements/vitd.html through http://www.cc.nih.gov.
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Vitamin D Home Page. About Vitamin D. University of California, Riverside, Vitamin D Home Page [On-line information]. Available online at http://vitamind.ucr.edu/about.html through http://vitamind.ucr.edu.
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