Vitamin D Deficiency Among Afghan Adolescents in Kabul
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Vitamin D deficiency in adolescents
The prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in adolescents is variable but considerably high in many countries, especially in Middle-east and Southeast Asia. Different factors attribute to this deficiency including lack of sunlight exposure due to cultural dress codes and veiling or due to pigmented skin, and less time spent outdoors, because of hot weather, and lower vitamin D intake. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1022-386X,1681-7168
DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.11.1072