Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in a Pediatric Hospital of Eastern India

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-173

  Basu, Surupa ^a   Gupta, Ruchi ^a   Mitra, Monjori ^a   Ghosh, Apurba ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

25 hydroxy cholecalciferol; Alkaline phosphatase; Calcium; Pediatric; Prevalence; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939643153     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: 09740422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-014-0428-2     Document Type: Article

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