Vitamin D insufficiency among children and adolescents living in Tehran, Iran

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-191

  Rabbani, Ali ^a,e   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b   Motlagh, Mohammad Esmaeil ^c   Ashtiani, Mohammad T H ^d   Ardalan, Gelayol ^c   Salavati, Ali ^a   Rabbani, Bahareh ^a   Rabbani, Ahmad ^a   Shams, Sedigheh ^d   Parvaneh, Nima ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Insufficiency; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67049088731     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn078     Document Type: Article

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