Pakistanis living in Oslo have lower serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels but higher serum ionized calcium levels compared with ethnic Norwegians. The Oslo Health Study.

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Published in BMC Endocr Disord on October 18, 2007

Authors

Kristin Holvik1, Haakon E Meyer, Anne Johanne Søgaard, Egil Haug, Jan A Falch

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway. kristin.holvik@medisin.uio.no

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