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Vitamin D: is it relevant to psychiatry?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Michael Berk ,
Seetal Dodd ,
Lana Williams ,
Felice Jacka  and
Julie Pasco
Michael Berk*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Orygen Research Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Seetal Dodd
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Lana Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Felice Jacka
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Julie Pasco
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
*
Michael Berk, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.Tel: +61 3 52603154;Fax: +61 3 52465165; E-mail: mikebe@BarwonHealth.org.au
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , August 2009 , pp. 205 - 206
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Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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