Vitamin D levels in schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study in Kuwait
Abstract Background Ongoing studies in the Middle East, particularly in the Arabian Gulf countries, have reported extremely low levels of serum vitamin D across age and gender. In Kuwait, vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in adolescent girls and in adult women. A number of risk factors have been rep...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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Series: | BMC Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-017-0963-0 |