Seasonal, ethnic and gender variations in serum vitamin D3 levels in the local population of Peterborough

Bioscience Horizons

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-131

  Smith, Matthew ^a,b  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Gender; Reference range; Seasonal variation; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869841051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17547431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biohorizons/hzq016     Document Type: Article

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