Can Vitamin D Prevent Breast Cancer?

authors:

avatar Maryam Moossavi 1 , 2 , avatar Milad Mohammadoo-Khorasani ORCID 3 , *

Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Department of Molecular Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Gene, Cell and Tissue: Vol.5, issue 1; e74216
published online: January 31, 2018
article type: Letter
received: November 30, 2017
revised: January 2, 2018
accepted: January 15, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/gct.74216

how to cite: Moossavi M, Mohammadoo-Khorasani M. Can Vitamin D Prevent Breast Cancer?. Gene Cell Tissue. 2018;5(1):e74216. https://doi.org/10.5812/gct.74216.

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