Vitamin D deficiency is endemic in Middle Eastern sportsmen

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1528-1534

  Hamilton, Bruce ^a   Grantham, Justin ^a   Racinais, Sebastien ^a   Chalabi, Hakim ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Sport; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957233307     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000999320X     Document Type: Article

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