Vitamin D deficiency among patients attending a central New Zealand rheumatology outpatient clinic

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1225, 2005, Pages

  Chiu, Graham ^a,b  

^a Capital Sports Medicine   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ASIAN; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHOLECALCIFEROL; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 27944465709     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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