Vitamin D status in health care professionals in Qatar

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Mahdy, Salah M ^a   Al Emadi, Samar A ^a   Khanjar, Izzat A ^a   Hammoudeh, Mohammed M ^a   Sarakbi, Housam A ^a   Siam, Abdul Rahim M ^a   Abdelrahman, Mohammed Osman ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; QATAR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; BLOOD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREVALENCE; QATAR; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77949377871     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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