Treating vitamin D deficiency in long-term care: It should be done yesterday, but how?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 416-417

  Lyles, Kenneth W ^a,b   Colón Emeric, Cathleen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,25 DIHYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FALLING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 9444277949     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70013-4     Document Type: Editorial

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