Continuing clinically severe vitamin D deficiency in Asians in the UK (Leicester)

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 828, 1994, Pages 708-714

  Iqbal, S J ^a   Kaddam, I ^a   Wassif, W ^a   Nichol, F ^a   Walls, J ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; BIOPSY; BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHOSPHATES; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0028072272     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.70.828.708     Document Type: Article

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