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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among healthy premenopausal females working at Fayoum University /

Haidy Michel Shaker Michael

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among healthy premenopausal females working at Fayoum University / معدل انتشار نقص فيتامين (د) بين الإناث قبل انقطاع الطمث واللاتى يعملن بجامعة الفيوم Haidy Michel Shaker Michael ; Supervised Emad Muhammed Elmoatsem , Mohammed Abdelhady Mashahit , Nagwa Kamal Eldin Roshdy - Cairo : Haidy Michel Shaker Michael , 2012 - 153 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide problem, the prevalence of deficiency reaches more than 50% of the population in most of the studies. The causes of deficiency are either inadequate exposure to sun light which plays an important role in the biosynthesis of vitamin-D from the skin or inadequate intake of food containing vitamin D. vitamin D deficiency is linked to many diseases like musculoskeletal disorders, diabetes, obesity, dyslipidaemia, cardiovascular, infections, autoimmune diseases, cancers and increased overall mortality



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