Vitamin D and cancer /

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Imprint:New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 342 p.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896867
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Other authors / contributors:Trump, Donald L. (Donald Lynn), 1945-
Johnson, Candace S.
ISBN:9781441971883 (electronic bk.)
1441971882 (electronic bk.)
9781441971876
1441971874
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Substantial data indicate the broad importance of vitamin D-based signaling in normal human physiology and the broad effects of vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D may play a role not only in the control of bone and mineral metabolism, but also appears to be involved in immune function, cardiovascular health, thrombosis and vasculogenesis and neuromuscular function. Considerable epidemiologic data demonstrate that low vitamin D serum levels occur very commonly in normal adult populations and that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an enhanced risk of cancer death from lung, prostate, head & n.
Other form:Print version: Vitamin D and cancer. New York, N.Y. : Springer, c2011 9781441971876