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The conference "Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: An Update" was convened September 5-6, 2007, by the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, bringing together scientists with many areas of expertise. Conference proceedings are published in the August 2008 supplement to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, published by the American Society for Nutrition. Below are links to the 20 articles from this issue. For more information on the publication, see the NIH News Release.
Overview of the conference "Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: an Update"
Patsy M. Brannon, Elizabeth A. Yetley, Regan L. Bailey, and Mary Frances Picciano
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/483S?ijkey=/MeZU0FS6bjMA&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
From vitamin D to hormone D: fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine system essential for good health
Anthony W. Norman http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/491S?ijkey=rdGpg9rwIXF7c&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Vitamin D across the lifecycle: physiology and biomarkers
Ann Prentice, Gail R. Goldberg, and Inez Schoenmakers http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/500S?ijkey=.bQksqwVQ337.&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D in a clinical environment: challenges and needs
Bruce W. Hollis http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/507S?ijkey=MhUZWnZX6CnrI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Development of a standard reference material for vitamin D in serum
Karen W. Phinney http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/511S?ijkey=I7Tiatmqaqegk&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Summary of evidence-based review on vitamin D efficacy and safety in relation to bone health
Ann Cranney, Hope A. Weiler, Siobhan O'Donnell, Lorri Puil http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/513S?ijkey=9TodpRT1bPytI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Vitamin D in pregnancy and lactation: maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes from human and animal studies
Christopher S. Kovacs http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/520S?ijkey=itz5ts3uYbWWE&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
25-Hydroxyvitamin D: functional outcomes in infants and young children
Frank R. Greer http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/529S?ijkey=tsoyvO9xipTcI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
25-Hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in adolescents
Christel J.E. Lamberg-Allardt and Heli T. Viljakainen http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/534S?ijkey=CnyVsvtNVU.c6&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in the elderly
Bess Dawson-Hughes http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/537S?ijkey=jvYN2YcTGJezI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Vitamin D and calcium interactions: functional outcomes
Robert P. Heaney http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/541S?ijkey=IotrM537eBM6Y&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
African Americans, 25 hydroxyvitamin D, and osteoporosis: a paradox
John F. Aloia
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/545S?ijkey=KN5qirQ.6mjZI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Assessing vitamin D contents in foods and supplements: challenges and needs
Joanne M. Holden and Linda E. Lemar
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/551S?ijkey=UiDfBNkfBfa62&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Analyzing vitamin D in foods and supplements: methodologic changes
W. Craig Byrdwell, Jon DeVries, Jacob Exler, James M. Harnly, Joanne M. Holden, Michael F. Holick, Bruce W. Hollis, Ronald L. Horst, Mark Lada, Linda E. Lemar, Kristine Y. Patterson, Katherine M. Philips, Maria T. Tarrago-Trani, Wayne R. Wolf
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/554S?ijkey=gL/VfQTzSMpz.&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Assessing the vitamin D status of the US population
Elizabeth A. Yetley http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/558S?ijkey=53Tx/Jml7loxE&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Vitamin D and cancer: current dilemmas and future research needs
Cindy D. Davis http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/565S?ijkey=hFQ/1m5zc4.xM&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Sun exposure and vitamin D sufficiency
Barbara A. Gilchrest http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/570S?ijkey=mcRr.W7GBuPZk&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Adverse effects of nutritional inadequacy and excess: a hormetic model
Daniel P. Hayes http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/578S?ijkey=Df4PpxVKh/k6Y&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Pharmacokinetics of vitamin D toxicity
Glenville Jones http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/582S?ijkey=SJFbZ0gRso7YY&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
Summary of roundtable discussion on vitamin D research needs
Patsy M. Brannon, Elizabeth A. Yetley, Regan L. Bailey, and Mary Frances Picciano
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/587S?ijkey=hbrumvpIr1Hug&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn