Vitamin-D status in a population of healthy adults in Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 545-550

  Mahmood, Khalid ^a   Akhtar, Syed Tehseen ^a   Talib, Abu ^a   Haider, Iftikhar ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Healthy subjects; Hypovitaminosis D; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLOTHING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 70349109692     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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