Risk factors for vitamin D deficiency among HIV-infected and uninfected injection drug users.
INTRODUCTION:Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent and is associated with bone disease, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and malignancy. Injection drug users (IDUs), with or without HIV infection, are at risk for these conditions; however, limited data on vitamin D deficiency exist in t...
Main Authors: | Allison A Lambert, M Bradley Drummond, Shruti H Mehta, Todd T Brown, Gregory M Lucas, Gregory D Kirk, Michelle M Estrella |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3995810?pdf=render |
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