Detection of hypovitaminosis D in older adults: A classification tree analysis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1193-1195

  Hamdan, Sarah ^a   Roussel, Laurène ^a   Gleyses, Xavier ^a   Chevallereau, Gaëlle ^a   Schott, Anne Marie ^b   Beauchet, Olivier ^a,c   Annweiler, Cédric ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; VITAMIN D;

AGED; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84902354727     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12847     Document Type: Letter

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