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Vitamin D's potential to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections
Health care–associated and hospital-acquired infections are two entities associated with increased morbidity and mortality. They are highly costly and constitute a great burden to the health care system. Vitamin D deficiency (< 20 ng/ml) is prevalent and may be a key contributor to both acute and...
Autores principales: | Youssef, Dima A., Ranasinghe, Tamra, Grant, William B., Peiris, Alan N. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Landes Bioscience
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22928073 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/derm.20789 |
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