Assessing association of vitamin D level with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among working-age adults
2021-05-19
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity wasn't associated with low levels of vitamin D independently of other risk factors.
Authors: Yonghong Li, Ph.D., of Quest Diagnostics in San Juan Capistrano, California, is the corresponding author.
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