High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among women of child-bearing age in Lahore Pakistan, associating with lack of sun exposure and illiteracy

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Junaid, Kashaf ^a   Rehman, Abdul ^a   Jolliffe, David A ^b   Wood, Kristie ^b   Martineau, Adrian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Hypovitaminosis D; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYP2R1 GENE; DBP GENE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUN EXPOSURE; VDR GENE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; READING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITERACY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84944698720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0242-x     Document Type: Article

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