Vitamin D status in healthy Omani women of childbearing age: Study of female staff at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Al Kindi, Manal K ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Oman; Sunlight; Vitamin D deficiency; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957948836     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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