Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients attending a multidisciplinary tertiary pain clinic

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1286, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Bartley, Jim ^a,b  

^a The Auckland Regional Pain Service   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOMALACIA; PAIN CLINIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AFRICA; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOMALACIA; PAIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 59449100541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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