Predictors of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in adult Bahrainis: A cross-sectional study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 732-738

  Golbahar, Jamal ^a   Al Saffar, Nida ^a   Altayab Diab, Diab ^a   Al Othman, Sara ^a   Darwish, Abdullah ^b   Al Kafaji, Ghada ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b BAHRAIN DEFENSE FORCE HOSPITAL   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrainis; Deficiency; Insufficiency; Predictors; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAHRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900798765     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001300030X     Document Type: Article

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