Vitamin D testing patterns among general practitioners in a major Victorian primary health care service

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 144-147

  Gowda, Usha ^a   Smith, Ben J ^a   Wluka, Anita E ^a   Fong, David P S ^b   Kaur, Ambika ^b   Renzaho, Andre M N ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Doutta Galla Community Health Services   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

25(OH) D testing; over diagnosis; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84939632813     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12409     Document Type: Article

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