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Does the High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in African Americans Contribute to Health Disparities?
African Americans have higher incidence of, and mortality from, many health-related problems than European Americans. They also have a 15 to 20-fold higher prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency. Here we summarize evidence that: (i) this health disparity is partly due to insufficient vitamin D pr...
Autores principales: | Ames, Bruce N., Grant, William B., Willett, Walter C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7913332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33546262 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13020499 |
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