Vitamin D deficiency in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 613-614

  Roesel, Thomas R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VETERAN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRAQ; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 58949098406     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31817a834b     Document Type: Letter

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