Reply to: “Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost Nine of Ten COVID-19 Deaths: Time to Act. Comment on: Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcome of COVID-19 Patients. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2757”
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Radujkovic, A.; Merle, U. Reply to: “Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost Nine of Ten COVID-19 Deaths: Time to Act. Comment on: Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcome of COVID-19 Patients. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2757”. Nutrients 2020, 12, 3643. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123643
Radujkovic A, Merle U. Reply to: “Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost Nine of Ten COVID-19 Deaths: Time to Act. Comment on: Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcome of COVID-19 Patients. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2757”. Nutrients. 2020; 12(12):3643. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123643
Chicago/Turabian StyleRadujkovic, Aleksandar, and Uta Merle. 2020. "Reply to: “Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost Nine of Ten COVID-19 Deaths: Time to Act. Comment on: Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcome of COVID-19 Patients. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2757”" Nutrients 12, no. 12: 3643. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123643
APA StyleRadujkovic, A., & Merle, U. (2020). Reply to: “Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost Nine of Ten COVID-19 Deaths: Time to Act. Comment on: Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcome of COVID-19 Patients. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2757”. Nutrients, 12(12), 3643. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123643