Early life vitamin D status and asthma and wheeze: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to an increased risk of asthma. This study aimed to quantify the effect of early life vitamin D status on asthma and wheeze later in life. Methods PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and CNKI databases, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,...

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Main Authors: Song-Ying Shen, Wan-Qing Xiao, Jin-Hua Lu, Ming-Yang Yuan, Jian-Rong He, Hui-Min Xia, Xiu Qiu, Kar Keung Cheng, Kin Bong Hubert Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0679-4