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01-09-2012 | Letter

Variations in solar UVB doses and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations may explain the worldwide variation in hip fracture incidence

Author: W. B. Grant

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 9/2012

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Title: Variations in solar UVB doses and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations may explain the worldwide variation in hip fracture incidence
Author: W. B. Grant
Publication date: 01-09-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Osteoporosis International / Issue 9/2012
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-012-2026-6

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