Vitamin D levels in adults in Northern Pakistan

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-5

  Mufti, Mazhar Ali ^a   Malhi, Umar Rasool ^a   Zubair, Amina ^a   Badar, Ifrah ^a   Mufti, Musa ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hypovitaminosis D; Osteomalacia; Rickets; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION;

EID: 84866662606     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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