Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease: results from NHANES 2001 to 2004.

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Published in Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol on April 16, 2008

Authors

Michal L Melamed1, Paul Muntner, Erin D Michos, Jaime Uribarri, Collin Weber, Jyotirmay Sharma, Paolo Raggi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. mmelamed@aecom.yu.edu

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