Vitamin D deficiency prevalence in summer compared to winter in a city with high humidity and a sultry climate

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-251

  Kashi, Zahra ^a   Saeedian, Fatemeh Sima ^a   Akha, Ozra ^a   Gorgi, Mohamad Ali Hydari ^a   Emadi, Saydeh Fatemeh ^a   Zakeri, Hamidreza ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

High humidity; Seasonal variation; Sultry climate; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CITY; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CHILD; CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79960777316     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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