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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Unrecognised vitamin D deficiency: low concentrations in African migrants with HIV in Australia

Ian J. Woolley A B C , Michelle L. Giles A B , Jayne E. Howard A and Tony M. Korman A B
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A Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia.

B Department of Medicine, Monash University, Vic. 3800, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: ian.woolley@med.monash.edu.au

Sexual Health 5(4) 375-376 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH08048
Submitted: 1 July 2008  Accepted: 15 July 2008   Published: 18 November 2008


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