Journal article
Vitamin D deficiency in patients with intellectual disabilities: prevalence, risk factors and management strategies.
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BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disabilities have a high risk of osteoporosis and fractures, which could partly be as a result of vitamin D deficiency. AIMS: To compare the serum vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels of 155 patients with intellectual disabilities under psychiatric care and 192 controls, investigate potential risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in people with intellectual disabilities and assess available treatments. METHOD: Cross-sectional observational study followed by treatmen...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Journal:
- British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
- Volume:
- 205
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 458-464
- Publication date:
- 2014-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1472-1465
- ISSN:
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0007-1250
- Source identifiers:
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485351
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:485351
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- pubs:485351
- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-09
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- Copyright date:
- 2014
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