Testing Vitamin D levels and choosing wisely

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1019-1020

  Ferrari, Robert ^a   Prosser, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ALBERTA; ASSAY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL PAIN; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL OVERUSE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 84978951848     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.1929     Document Type: Letter

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