COVID-19 mortality increases with northerly latitude after adjustment for age suggesting a link with ultraviolet and vitamin D
BMJ Nutr Prev Health
.
2020 Jun 14;3(1):118-120.
doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000110.
eCollection 2020.
Authors
Jonathan Rhodes
1
,
Frank Dunstan
2
,
Eamon Laird
3
,
Sreedhar Subramanian
1
,
Rose A Kenny
4
Affiliations
1
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
2
School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
3
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, University of Dublin Trinity College School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland.
4
Department of Medical Gerontology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
PMID:
33235975
PMCID:
PMC7664496
DOI:
10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000110
No abstract available
Keywords:
infectious disease; nutrient deficiencies.