Widespread vitamin D deficiency among Indian health care professionals

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 187-192

  Beloyartseva, Maria ^a   Mithal, Ambrish ^a,g   Kaur, Parjeet ^a   Kalra, Sanjay ^b   Baruah, Manash P ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Satinath ^d   Bantwal, Ganapathy ^e   Bandgar, Tushar R ^f  

^a Medanta the Medicity ^*  (India)

^b BHARTI HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Excel Care Hospitals   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^f KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^g Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes   (India)

Author keywords

Health care professionals; India; Latitude; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84876281689     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-012-0096-x     Document Type: Article

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