title: Response to Letter to the Editor: Vitamin D status may help explain racial disparities in breast cancer hospitalization outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: tomiakin@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Tomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akinyemiju
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakhuja
authors.affiliation: Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute, School of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, USA; School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Neomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vin-Raviv
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups; D014807:Vitamin D; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D