Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D status in African American men
Open Access
- 18 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 9 (1), 191
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-191
Abstract
Few studies have examined vitamin D insufficiency in African American men although they are at very high risk. We examined the prevalence and correlates of vitamin D insufficiency among African American men in Philadelphia.Keywords
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