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Natural selection at work? Vitamin D deficiency rates and rising health problems in young Turkish Cypriot professionals.
Central European journal of public health - 1 Jun 2021
Kandemiş Emine, Tuncel Gülten, Fahrioğlu Umut, Temel Şehime Gülsün, Mocan Gamze, Ergören Mahmut Çerkez
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Vitamin D is a fat-soluble, prohormone vitamin that is important especially for bone mineralization and skeletal health. In recent years, vitamin D deficiency appeared as a worldwide problem, affecting many people in different ways including the Northern Cypriot population. The deficiency might be caused by the lack of exposure to sunlight, diet low in vitamin D, sedentary lifestyle, and also due to...
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