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Genetic influence on circulating vitamin D among Saudi Arabians

Mir Sadat-Ali, Haifa A. Al-Turki, Mohammed Q. Azam and Abdulmohsen H. Al-Elq
Saudi Medical Journal September 2016, 37 (9) 996-1001; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.9.14700

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