JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 69-70 , February 2007

Should All Long-Term Care Residents Receive Vitamin D?

  • John E. Morley, MB, BCh

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John E. Morley, MB, BCh, Saint Louis University Medical Center, Division of Geriatric Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Blvd., Rm M238, St. Louis, MO 63104.

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 Conflict of interest statement for Dr. Morley can be viewed on the JAMDA website at http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/jmda/content/conflictsofinterest.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00628-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.026

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 69-70 , February 2007

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