date:Aug 22, 2012
The study published inPediatrics tested the effects of vitamin D supplementation on the risk of developing acute respiratory tract infections in a randomised controlled trial in Mongolian school children, after previous research suggested higher levels of blood serum vitamin D 25(OH)D to be linked incidence of respiratory infection.
Led by Professor Carlos Camargo of Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, the international research team found that vitamin D suppleme