Awareness regarding the importance of calcium and vitamin D among the undergraduate pharmacy students in Bangladesh

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Uddin, Riaz ^a   Huda, Naz Hasan ^a   Jhanker, Yeakuty Marzan ^b   Jesmeen, Tasbira ^a   Imam, Mohammad Zafar ^a   Akter, Saleha ^c  

^a STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium inadequacy; Hypovitaminosis D; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT; DEFICIENCY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875868577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-134     Document Type: Article

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