Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in Pakistan and implications for the future

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 329-338

  Riaz, H ^a   Finlayson, A E ^b,c   Bashir, S ^a   Hussain, S ^d   Mahmood, S ^e   Malik, F ^d   Godman, B ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^e QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; epidemiology; food supplements; Pakistan; risk factors; strategies; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ACT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; FUTUROLOGY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUNLIGHT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958602539     PISSN: 17512433     EISSN: 17512441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17512433.2016.1122519     Document Type: Article

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