Vitamin D - A review

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1002-1005

  Stroud, Mark L ^a   Stilgoe, Simon ^b   Stott, Valerie E ^a   Alhabian, Oula ^a   Salman, Khaled ^a,c  

^a SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Booleroo Centre

^c Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 59449101958     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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