Vitamin D deficiency among the elderly: Insights from Qatar

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1189-1196

  Alhamad, Hanadi Khamis ^a   Nadukkandiyil, Navas ^a   El Menyar, Ayman ^b,c,d   Abdel Wahab, Luay ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Anoop ^a   Al Sulaiti, Essa Mubarak ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^d Ahmed Maher's Teaching Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatrics; Qatar; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; QATAR; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGE; GERIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84900818511     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2014.900003     Document Type: Article

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