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Epidemic influenza and vitamin D

In 1981, R. Edgar Hope-Simpson proposed that a ‘seasonal stimulus’ intimately associated with solar radiation explained the remarkable seasonality of epidemic influenza. Solar radiation triggers robust seasonal vitamin D production in the skin; vitamin D deficiency is common in the winter, and activ...

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Main Authors: CANNELL, J. J., VIETH, R., UMHAU, J. C., HOLICK, M. F., GRANT, W. B., MADRONICH, S., GARLAND, C. F., GIOVANNUCCI, E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870528/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16959053
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268806007175
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