The Role of Vitamin D Supplements in Women’s Health

Vitamin D is pivotal to the absorption of calcium and maximizing bone health. Women suffer great morbidity and mortality related to osteoporosis and fractures, which may be decreased by interventions such as vitamin D. In addition, extraskeletal benefits of vitamin D have been postulated including p...

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Autores principales: Bohon, Tiffany M., Goolsby, Marci A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24665216
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMWH.S11067
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description Vitamin D is pivotal to the absorption of calcium and maximizing bone health. Women suffer great morbidity and mortality related to osteoporosis and fractures, which may be decreased by interventions such as vitamin D. In addition, extraskeletal benefits of vitamin D have been postulated including positive effects on cancer. Both the classical and nonclassical functions of vitamin D will be discussed here, with a focus on women.
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spelling pubmed-39411882014-03-24 The Role of Vitamin D Supplements in Women’s Health Bohon, Tiffany M. Goolsby, Marci A. Clin Med Insights Womens Health Vitamin D is pivotal to the absorption of calcium and maximizing bone health. Women suffer great morbidity and mortality related to osteoporosis and fractures, which may be decreased by interventions such as vitamin D. In addition, extraskeletal benefits of vitamin D have been postulated including positive effects on cancer. Both the classical and nonclassical functions of vitamin D will be discussed here, with a focus on women. Libertas Academica 2013-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3941188/ /pubmed/24665216 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMWH.S11067 Text en © 2013 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited.
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