Vitamin D deficiency in the southern United States

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-385

  Tangpricha, Vin ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SHORT SURVEY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

CALCIUM; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34147151210     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000209229.90862.03     Document Type: Short Survey

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