A survey of vitamin D level in people with learning disability in long-stay hospital wards in Hong Kong

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-59

  Wong, Timothy Siu Fu ^a   Lau, Victor Ming Ho ^a   Lim, Winston ^b   Fung, Genevieve ^c  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Siu Lam Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Long term care; Sunshine exposure; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMALACIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; TUBE FEEDING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HELIOTHERAPY; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMALACIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33644510737     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629506062274     Document Type: Article

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