Vitamin D deficiency in adults

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 103-106

  Joshi, Devina ^a,b   Center, Jacqueline R ^a,b,c   Eisman, John A ^a,b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcitriol; Cholecalciferol; Ergocalciferol

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOMALACIA; PARATHYROID FUNCTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 77957083951     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2010.053     Document Type: Article

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