The status of Vitamin D in medical students in the preclerkship years of a Saudi medical school

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-104

  Al Elq, Abdulmohsen ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Insufficiency; medical students; Saudi; vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897839944     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.98293     Document Type: Article

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