Surge in US outpatient vitamin D deficiency diagnoses: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey analysis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 214-217

  Huang, Karen E ^a   Milliron, Brandy Joe ^a   Davis, Scott A ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Outpatient visits; Survey; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84898417276     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0000000000000085     Document Type: Article

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