Low levels of vitamin D are associated with increased mortality in patients attending a university hospital in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-28

  Blicher, Thalia M ^a   Jorgensen, Henrik L ^a   Schwarz, Peter ^b   Wulf, Hans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Inpatients; Mortality; Parathyroid hormone; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM ION; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CALCIUM; DENMARK; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84872194149     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2012.732238     Document Type: Article

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