Hypovitaminosis D: Are medical students at risk?

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1161-1168

  Zabihiyeganeh, Mozhdeh ^a   Adel Jahed, S ^b   Sarami, Samira ^a   Nojomi, Marzieh ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cut off; Hypovitaminosis D; Medical students; Parathyroid hormone; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84907179386     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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