Why the IOM recommendations for vitamin D are deficient

@article{Heaney2011WhyTI,
  title={Why the IOM recommendations for vitamin D are deficient},
  author={Robert Proulx Heaney and Michael F Holick},
  journal={Journal of Bone and Mineral Research},
  year={2011},
  volume={26}
}
The IOM recommendations for vitamin D fail in a major way on logic, on science, and on effective public health guidance. Moreover, by failing to use a physiological referent, the IOM approach constitutes precisely the wrong model for development of nutritional policy. © 2011 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. 
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