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Title
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study II.
Authors
Eliassen, A Heather; Spiegelman, Donna; Hollis, Bruce W; Horst, Ronald L; Willett, Walter C; Hankinson, Susan E
Abstract
Experimental evidence indicates vitamin D may play an important role in breast cancer etiology but epidemiologic evidence to date is inconsistent. Vitamin D comes from dietary intake and sun exposure and plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) are considered the best measure of vitamin D status.
Publication
Breast cancer research : BCR, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 3, pR50