Vitamin D-insufficiency: An estimate of the situation in Germany

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-80

  Ringe, Johann Diederich ^a   Kipshoven, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Madaus AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Epidemiology; Germany; Health; Population; Study; Vitamin D status

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LATITUDE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84863651702     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.19829     Document Type: Article

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