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More Evidence That Vitamin-D Deficiency Ups Mortality
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Title More Evidence That Vitamin-D Deficiency Ups Mortality
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579026?src=rss
Description Another study has found that that low levels of low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels seem to be linked to an increased risk for death, this time in a nationally representative cohort. Medscape Medical News
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Date Aug 14, 2008
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