Risk factors and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Iranian women attending two university hospitals

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Alipour, Sadaf ^a   Saberi, Azin ^a   Seifollahi, Akram ^a   Shirzad, Nooshin ^b   Hosseini, Ladan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Iran; Prevalence; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84907487168     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: 20741812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.15461     Document Type: Article

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