Year-round vitamin D deficiency among Saudi female out-patients

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 544-548

  Kanan, Raed M ^a   Al Saleh, Yousef M ^b   Fakhoury, Hana M ^c   Adham, Maysoon ^b   Aljaser, Saleh ^b   Tamimi, Waleed ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Female; Out patients; Saudi Arabia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872896869     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012002947     Document Type: Article

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