Vitamin D deficiency in the 21st century: An unnecessary pandemic?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-24

  Plehwe, Walter E ^a  

^a EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; KIDNEY ENZYME; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NOTE; NURSING HOME; OSTEOMALACIA; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMALACIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0038772426     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01800.x     Document Type: Note

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