Vitamin D deficiency in an ample sunlight country

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 267-268

  Khan, Aysha Habib ^a,b   Iqbal, Romaina ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b DHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

HUMANS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 66949138949     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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