Vitamin D status among patients visiting a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A retrospective review of 3475 cases

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alfawaz, Hanan ^a,b   Tamim, Hani ^c   Alharbi, Shmeylan ^d   Aljaser, Saleh ^e,f   Tamimi, Waleed ^f  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Saudi; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84897606129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-159     Document Type: Article

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