High prevalence of vitamin d deficiency and insufficiency in a low income peri-urban community in Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 946-949

  Mehboobali, Naseema ^a   Iqba, Saleem Perwaiz ^a   Iqbal, Mohammad Perwaiz ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Socioeconomic factors; Urban population; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84940399076     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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