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Research Article

Vitamin D Nutrition and its Potential Health Benefits for Bone, Cancer and Other Conditions

Reinhold Vieth Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Pages 275-291 | Published online: 13 Jul 2009

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