A potential risk for osteomalacia due to sociocultural lyfestyle in Turkish women

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 675-678

  Güllü, Sevim ^a   Erdoǧan, Murat Faik ^a   Uysal, A Riza ^a   Başkal, Nilgün ^a   Kamel, A Nuri ^a   Erdoǧan, Gürbüz ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Osteomalacia; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ETIDRONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OSTEOMALACIA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUN EXPOSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031766385     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.45.675     Document Type: Article

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