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Vitamin D status: sunshine is nice but other factors prevail

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden

    Göran Toss

  2. Bone and Mineral Metabolic Unit, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden

    Per Magnusson

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Toss, G., Magnusson, P. Vitamin D status: sunshine is nice but other factors prevail. Eur J Nutr 51, 255–256 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-012-0315-7

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