Vitamin D Status of HIV-Infected Women and Its Association with HIV Disease Progression, Anemia, and Mortality

Saurabh Mehta; Edward Giovannucci; Ferdinand M. Mugusi; Donna Spiegelman; Said Aboud; Ellen Hertzmark; Gernard I. Msamanga; David Hunter; Wafaie W. Fawzi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008770

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Vitamin D Status of HIV-Infected Women and Its Association with HIV Disease Progression, Anemia, and Mortality

Saurabh Mehta ,

* E-mail: smehta@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Edward Giovannucci,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ferdinand M. Mugusi,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Donna Spiegelman,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Said Aboud,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Ellen Hertzmark,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gernard I. Msamanga,

Affiliation Department of Community Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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David Hunter,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Wafaie W. Fawzi

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Vitamin D Status of HIV-Infected Women and Its Association with HIV Disease Progression, Anemia, and Mortality

Saurabh Mehta,
Edward Giovannucci,
Ferdinand M. Mugusi,
Donna Spiegelman,
Said Aboud,
Ellen Hertzmark,
Gernard I. Msamanga,
David Hunter,
Wafaie W. Fawzi

Published: January 19, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008770

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