Open AccessVitamin D Status among Adult Saudi Females Visiting Primary Health Care Clinics
Author(s) -
Ebtehal Almogbel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-7774
pISSN - 1658-3639
DOI - 10.12816/0005987
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , medicine , hypovitaminosis , parathyroid hormone , vitamin d deficiency , secondary hyperparathyroidism , sunlight , physiology , bone health , public health , pediatrics , endocrinology , bone mineral , osteoporosis , calcium , pathology , physics , astronomy
Vitamin D plays an important role in diverse physiological functions in addition to its role in bone health. Vitamin D deficiency is very common in elderly people, but there are few reports on its prevalence in young adults.
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