Vitamin D assessment in primary care: Changing patterns of testing

London Journal of Primary Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 15-22

  Zhao, Sizheng ^a   Gardner, Katy ^b   Taylor, William ^d   Marks, Eileen ^c   Goodson, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Primary care; Supplementation; Testing; Treatment; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D TESTING; WINTER;

EID: 84928396097     PISSN: 17571472     EISSN: 17571480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17571472.2015.11493430     Document Type: Article

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