Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlates: Results of a community-based study conducted in Karachi, Pakistan

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 275-282

  Khan, Aysha Habib ^a   Iqbal, Romaina ^a   Naureen, Ghazala ^a   Dar, Farhan Javed ^a   Ahmed, Feroza Nazir ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Community; Karachi; Pakistan; Risk factors; Vitamin D deficiency (VDD)

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUNLIGHT; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876288110     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-012-0108-x     Document Type: Article

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