JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 71-75 , February 2007

Vitamin D Deficiency in Residents of Academic Long-Term Care Facilities Despite Having Been Prescribed Vitamin D

  • Zulekha Hamid, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • ,
  • Ann Riggs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • ,
  • Trey Spencer, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • ,
  • Carolyn Redman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • ,
  • Donald Bodenner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
    • Central Arkansas VA Health Care Center, Little Rock, AR.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Donald Bodenner, MD, PhD, Department of Geriatrics and Otolaryngology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Box 806, Little Rock, AR 72205.

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 None of the authors has a conflict of interest.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00372-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.07.005

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 71-75 , February 2007

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