Vitamin D and risk of cancer and mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/623208

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Overseas studies indicate that vitamin D might protect against certain cancers and other diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Vitamin D is made when skin is exposed to sunlight. Because sunlight is stronger in Australia than in most of the USA and Europe, where most studies were conducted, the results of those studies might not be relevant to Australia. In this study, we will see if vitamin D is important for cancer and mortality in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $519,829.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

blood measurements | breast cancer | case cohort study | cohort study | colorectal cancer | death | mortality | prostate cancer | vitamin D

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