Association between nonspecific skeletal pain and vitamin D deficiency

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-346

  Heidari, Behzad ^a   Shirvani, Javad Shokri ^a   Firouzjahi, Alireza ^b   Heidari, Parnaz ^c   Hajian Tilaki, Karim O ^b  

^a Deparment of Medicine   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Leg pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Vitamin D deficiency; Widespread pain

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77958103558     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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