Prevalence of Abnormal Vitamin D Levels Among Division I NCAA Athletes

Sports Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 340-347

  Villacis, Diego ^a   Yi, Anthony ^a   Jahn, Ryan ^a   Kephart, Curtis J ^a   Charlton, Timothy ^a   Gamradt, Seth C ^a   Romano, Russ ^b   Tibone, James E ^a   Hatch, George F Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

athletes; deficiency; prevalence; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902964052     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738114524517     Document Type: Article

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