High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in Zahedan, Southeast Iran

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-41

  Kaykhaei, Mahmoud Ali ^a   Hashemi, Mohammad ^a   Narouie, Behzad ^b   Shikhzadeh, Abdolsamad ^b   Rashidi, Homeira ^c   Moulaei, Nezarali ^a   Ghavami, Saeid ^d  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

25 hydroxy vitamin D; Parathyroid hormone; Vitamin D deficiency, prevalence

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATES; PREVALENCE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551622963     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323749     Document Type: Article

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