VITAMIN-D STATUS OF ELDERLY AT HOME AND INSTITUTIONALIZED IN HOSPITAL

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 48  (2) , 123-130
Abstract
In institutionalized and non-institutionalized aged [human] requiring medical care, the biochemical deficiency of vitamin D was noted in over 40% of the subjects, while osteomalacia was diagnosed biochemically in only 5.2%. The vitamin D status demonstrated no relationship to bone density.

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