Vitamin D status of healthy school children from Western Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-292

  Kensarah, Osama Adnan ^a   Azzeh, Firas Sultan ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Calcium; Hypovitaminosis D; Parathyroid hormone; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

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

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84857802607     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.288.292     Document Type: Article

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