Vitamin D and Human Health: Celebrating Diversity
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Spedding, S. Vitamin D and Human Health: Celebrating Diversity. Nutrients 2014, 6, 11-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6010011
Spedding S. Vitamin D and Human Health: Celebrating Diversity. Nutrients. 2014; 6(1):11-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6010011
Chicago/Turabian StyleSpedding, Simon. 2014. "Vitamin D and Human Health: Celebrating Diversity" Nutrients 6, no. 1: 11-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6010011
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