Barriers to vitamin D supplementation among military physicians

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Sherman, Eric M ^a   Svec, Rita V ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOLDIER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049093433     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-01-4708     Document Type: Article

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