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Assessment of vitamin D and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in an adult migrant population: an audit of patient records at a Community Health Centre in Kensington, Melbourne, Australia

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem associated with increased risk of cardio-metabolic diseases and osteoarthritis. Migrants with dark skin settled in temperate climates are at greater risk of both vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to id...

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Autores principales: Ruwanpathirana, Thilanga, Reid, Christopher M, Owen, Alice J, Fong, David P S, Gowda, Usha, Renzaho, Andre M N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4233056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25387481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-157