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Prevalence of Vitamin D insufficiency and low bone mineral density in elderly Thai nursing home residents

BACKGROUND: Numerous emerging data from research on osteoporosis among Asians found differences from Caucasians. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and osteoporosis in elderly participants from two nursing homes in Thailand, a country located...

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Autores principales: Kruavit, Anuk, Chailurkit, La-or, Thakkinstian, Ammarin, Sriphrapradang, Chutintorn, Rajatanavin, Rajata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22938528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-12-49