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Sunlight and vitamin D

Both good for cardiovascular health

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  1. Vitamin D Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass

    Michael F. Holick MD, PhD

  2. Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass

    Michael F. Holick MD, PhD

  3. Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass

    Michael F. Holick MD, PhD

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This work was supported in party by NIH grant MO1R00533.

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Holick, M.F. Sunlight and vitamin D. J GEN INTERN MED 17, 733–735 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.20731.x

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