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High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency during late winter and spring in healthy young women in Germany

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  1. Working Group MusculoSkeletal Interactions, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany

    M. Hartard, C. Kleinmond & E. R. Weissenbacher

  2. Institute of Pathophysiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

    R. G. Erben

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Hartard, M., Kleinmond, C., Weissenbacher, E.R. et al. High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency during late winter and spring in healthy young women in Germany. J Endocrinol Invest 32, 291–292 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03346471

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