Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and association with functional status in newly admitted male veteran nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1953-1957

  Kojima, Gotaro ^a,b   Tamai, Anna ^a,b   Masaki, Kamal ^a   Gatchell, Gregory ^a,b   Epure, James ^a,b   China, Craig ^a,b   Ross, G Webster ^a,b   Petrovitch, Helen ^a,b   Tanabe, Marianne ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

functional disability; nursing home; veterans; vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ETHNICITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; VETERAN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY; NURSING HOME; VETERANS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84887607097     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12495     Document Type: Article

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