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    Source: http://www.sciencecodex.com/low_vita...eumonia-111352

    Low vitamin D levels a risk factor for pneumonia
    Posted By News On April 30, 2013 - 6:00pm

    A University of Eastern Finland study showed that low serum vitamin D levels are a risk factor for pneumonia. The risk of contracting pneumonia was more than 2.5 times greater in subjects with the lowest vitamin D levels than in subjects with high vitamin D levels. The results were published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

    The follow-up study carried out by the UEF Institute of Public Health investigated the link between serum vitamin D3 and the risk of contracting pneumonia...
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