Pakistanis living in Oslo have lower serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels but higher serum ionized calcium levels compared with ethnic Norwegians. The Oslo Health Study

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Holvik, Kristin ^a   Meyer, Haakon E ^a,b   Søgaard, Anne ^a,b   Haug, Egil ^c   Falch, Jan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM ION; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 39049138427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-7-9     Document Type: Article

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