Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in Africa and the Middle East, despite year-round sunny days

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 603-605

  Green, R J ^a   Samy, G ^b   Miqdady, M S ^c,d   El Hodhod, M ^b   Akinyinka, O O ^e   Saleh, G ^f   Haddad, J ^g   Alsaedi, S A ^h   Mersal, A Y ⁱ   Edris, A ^j   Salah, M ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^f National Nutrition Institute   (Egypt)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^h KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^j CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^k Wyeth Nutrition   (United Arab Emirates)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; AFRICA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SUNLIGHT;

VITAMIN D;

AFRICA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLIMATE; CULTURE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84942279077     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJnew.7785     Document Type: Review

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