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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