title: [Vitamin D].
abstract: There is a recent renewed interest in vitamin D, due to its description as a hormone with a positive impact on global health. Even though many former epidemiological studies have suggested a possible link between a low vitamin D status and the risk of developing chronic diseases, recent data have proven to be more discordant or modest. Looking forward to clearly needed randomized intervention studies, optimal vitamin D status and intakes should be defined on the basis of the vitamin D indisputable effects on calcium homeostasis and skeletal mineralization.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de biochimie spécialisée, plateau technique de biologie, CHU de Dijon, 21070 Dijon Cedex, France. jean-claude.guilland@chu-dijon.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guilland
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D064167:Recommended Dietary Allowances; D012015:Reference Standards; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D