Open Letter to IARC Director Christopher P. Wild-Re: IARC Working Group Report 5: Vitamin D and Cancer

Overview

Journal Dermatoendocrinol

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2010 Mar 13

PMID 20224695

Citations 1

Authors

Cedric F Garland

William B Grant

Barbara J Boucher

Heide S Cross

Frank C Garland

Oliver Gillie

Edward D Gorham

Robert P Heaney

Michael F Holick

Bruce W Hollis

Johan E Moan

Meinrad Peterlik

Jorg Reichrath

Armin Zittermann

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Citing Articles

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