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Vitamin D deficiency more prevalent in Kashmiri Muslim women: Expert [1]

Expressing concern over the growing problem of vitamin-D deficiency across the globe, the second international conference on “Vitamin-D deficiency and its health consequences”, held recently in Abu Dhabi, has stressed on creating awareness and education among the masses, especially women, to control this global pandemic.

The prime objective of the conference was to identify the reasons of vitamin-D deficiency in the UAE, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the world; discuss issues related to laboratory measurement of vitamin, deliberate on consequences of vitamin D deficiency in bone and bone-related diseases like rickets, explain various biological roles of vitamin D in cancer, diabetes and depression and current clinical practice guidelines and their relevance.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2013
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
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Women [3], Health Education [4], Cancer [5], Diabetes [6], Health Care [7], Obesity [8], Health [9], Jammu & Kashmir [10]
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