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Vitamin D sufficiency: reply to letter by Heaney

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  1. Osteoporosis Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92 019, Auckland, New Zealand

    M. J. Bolland, A. B. Grey & I. R. Reid

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This is a reply to the letter that can be found at doi:10.1007/s00198-007-0342-z.

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Bolland, M.J., Grey, A.B. & Reid, I.R. Vitamin D sufficiency: reply to letter by Heaney. Osteoporos Int 18, 835–836 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-007-0344-x

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