Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Saudi adults

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 814-818

  Alsuwaida, Abdulkareem O ^a   Farag, Youssef M ^b   Al Sayyari, Abdulla A ^a   Mousa, Dujanah H ^a   Alhejaili, Fayez F ^a   Al Harbi, Ali S ^a   Housawi, Abdulrahman A ^a   Mittal, Bharati V ^b   Singh, Ajay K ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAUDI ARABIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888876675     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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