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Seasonal variation in vitamin D

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

J. D. Maxwell
J. D. Maxwell
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemical Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE
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‘Seasonality’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , November 1994 , pp. 533 - 543
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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