Vitamin D and adult bone health in Australia and New Zealand: a position statement
- 21 March 2005
- journal article
- position statement
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 182 (6), 281-285
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06701.x
Abstract
A significant number of Australians are deficient in vitamin D — it is a fallacy that Australians receive adequate vitamin D from casual exposure to sunlight. People at high risk of vitamin D defici...Keywords
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