Vitamin D status in apparently healthy adults in Kashmir Valley of Indian subcontinent

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 985, 2007, Pages 713-716

  Zargar, A H ^a   Ahmad, S ^a   Masoodi, S R ^a   Wani, A I ^a   Bashir, M I ^a   Laway, B A ^a   Shah, Z A ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 36749097926     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.059113     Document Type: Article

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