A retrospective cohort study on the influence of UV index and race/ethnicity on risk of stress and lower limb fractures

BACKGROUND: Low vitamin D status increases the risk of stress fractures. As ultraviolet (UV) light is required for vitamin D synthesis, low UV light availability is thought to increase the risk of vitamin D insufficiency and poor bone health. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if ind...

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Autores principales: Montain, Scott J, McGraw, Susan M, Ely, Matthew R, Grier, Tyson L, Knapik, Joseph J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23587313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-135

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23587313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-135

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