Vitamin D status and anthropometric indices of an Omani study population

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-233

  Abiaka, Clifford ^a   Delghandi, Marit ^a   Kaur, Meenu ^b   Al Saleh, Mohsin ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^c NONE

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Anthropometric indices; High performance liquid chromatography; Oman; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877835116     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0003227     Document Type: Article

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