Vitamin D concentration and deficiency across different ages and genders

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 548-551

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^b   Meschi, Tiziana ^a   Borghi, Loris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Age; Gender; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874634203     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/8263     Document Type: Article

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