Increasing trends and significance of hypovitaminosis D: a population-based study in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hussain, Aneela N ^a   Alkhenizan, Abdullah Hamad ^a   El Shaker, Mohammad ^a   Raef, Hussein ^a   Gabr, Alia ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Saudi Arabia; Serum 25(OH) D levels; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TREND STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919884407     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-014-0190-3     Document Type: Article

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