Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients attending a general otolaryngology clinic in South Auckland

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 326-328

  Bartley, Jim ^a,b   Reid, David ^a   Morton, Randall P ^a  

^a Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Otorhinolarynglogy; South Auckland; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOMALACIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 66249123641     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940911800502     Document Type: Article

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