Vitamin D insufficiency in the elderly orthopaedic patient: an epidemic phenomenon

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 787-792

  Maier, Gerrit Steffen ^a,f   Horas, Konstantin ^d   Seeger, Jörn Bengt ^a   Roth, Klaus Edgar ^b   Kurth, Andreas Alois ^c   Maus, Uwe ^e  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Orthopaedic Specialty Center Fachklinik Ratingen   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hypovitaminosis D; Orthopaedic patients; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; DEFICIENCY; GERMANY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIFEDIOL; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84925244579     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2519-3     Document Type: Article

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