Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency and associated risk factors among children residing at high altitude in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, India

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 178-183

  Kapil, Umesh ^a   Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Goswami, Ravinder ^a   Sharma, Brij ^b   Sharma, Neetu ^b   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy ^a   Singh, Gajendra ^a   Sareen, Neha ^a   Sati, Hem ^a   Gupta, Aakriti ^a   Sofi, Nighat ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Himachal Pradesh; School age children; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALTITUDE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; FEMALE; HIMACHAL PRADESH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUN EXPOSURE; VALGUS KNEE; VEGETARIAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 85007568806     PISSN: 22308210     EISSN: 22309500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.196031     Document Type: Article

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