The Relationship between 25 (OH) D Levels (Vitamin D) and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in a Saudi Population in a Community-Based Setting

Abdullah Alkhenizan; Ahmed Mahmoud; Aneela Hussain; Alia Gabr; Suad Alsoghayer; Abdelmoneim Eldali

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169122

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The Relationship between 25 (OH) D Levels (Vitamin D) and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in a Saudi Population in a Community-Based Setting

Abdullah Alkhenizan ,

* E-mail: akhenizan@kfshrc.edu.sa

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed Mahmoud,

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Aneela Hussain,

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Alia Gabr,

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Suad Alsoghayer,

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdelmoneim Eldali

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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The Relationship between 25 (OH) D Levels (Vitamin D) and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in a Saudi Population in a Community-Based Setting

Abdullah Alkhenizan,
Ahmed Mahmoud,
Aneela Hussain,
Alia Gabr,
Suad Alsoghayer,
Abdelmoneim Eldali

Published: January 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169122

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Correction from the authors

Posted by amahmoud on 08 Jan 2017 at 09:08 GMT

Correction to author contributions:
Dr Aneela Hussein (AH) was involved in Project administration, Reviewing and editing the manuscript, and project supervision, so her initials should be present in those fields of author contributions.

No competing interests declared.

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