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Obesity and cancer: the role of vitamin D

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 20% of all cancer cases are caused by obesity. Vitamin D is thought to be one of the mechanisms underlying this association. This review aims to summarise the evidence for the mediating effect of vitamin D on the link between obesity and cancer. METHODS: Three litera...

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Autores principales: Shanmugalingam, Thurkaa, Crawley, Danielle, Bosco, Cecilia, Melvin, Jennifer, Rohrmann, Sabine, Chowdhury, Simon, Holmberg, Lars, Van Hemelrijck, Mieke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25255691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-712