Vitamin D deficiency in elderly: Risk factors and drugs impact on vitamin D status
Introduction: Vitamin D (VD) deficiency is a major public health problem worldwide. In spite of its high prevalence, particularly among elderly people, VD deficiency is still underestimated by many physicians. Increasingly, VD deficiency is associated with several known geriatric syndromes. Methods:...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-10-01
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Series: | Avicenna Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.AJM_20_18 |