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SUBMITTER: Hejazi ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4776550 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hejazi Mohammad Esmaeil ME Modarresi-Ghazani Faezeh F Entezari-Maleki Taher T
Journal of research in pharmacy practice 20160101 1
Despite the classic role of Vitamin D in skeletal health, new aspects of Vitamin D have been discovered in tissues and organs other than bones. Epidemiological and observational studies demonstrate a link between Vitamin D deficiency and risk of developing respiratory diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and tuberculosis (TB). To review the literature, we searched the terms "Vitamin D" (using the set operator) and "asthma," "COPD" and "TB" in electronic databa ...[more]