Vitamin D deficiency in rural girls and pregnant women despite abundant sunshine in northern India

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 680-684

  Sahu, Monashis ^a   Bhatia, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Aggarwal, Anjoo ^b   Rawat, Vinita ^b   Saxena, Priya ^b   Pandey, Amita ^b   Das, Vinita ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149193466     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03360.x     Document Type: Article

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