Vitamin D deficiency in Arabian women and children: It is time for action

Emirates Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-207

  Saadi, Hussein ^a   Dawodu, Adekule ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ARAB; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RICKETS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 35548953558     PISSN: 02506882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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