JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 653-657 , November 2009

Vitamin D Deficiency/Insufficiency Practice Patterns in a Veterans Health Administration Long-Term Care Population: A Retrospective Analysis

  • Kathryn K. Braddy, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kathryn K. Braddy, PharmD, VA Maryland Health Care System, 10 N. Greene Street (119), Baltimore, MD 21201.
    • ,
  • Syed N. Imam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • ,
  • Kavita R. Palla, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL
    • ,
  • Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL

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PII: S1525-8610(09)00296-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.08.010

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 653-657 , November 2009

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