Vitamin D status in healthy postmenopausal Iranian women

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-177

  Niafar, Mitra ^a   Bahrami, Amir ^a   Aliasgharzadeh, Akbar ^a   Aghamohammadzadeh, Naser ^a   Najafipour, Farzad ^a   Mobasseri, Majid ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement; Iran; Middle East; Postmenopausal period; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGISTER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67649973487     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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