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- Title
The USPSTF 2021 Recommendations on Screening for Asymptomatic Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: The Challenge for Clinicians Continues.
- Authors
Burnett-Bowie, Sherri-Ann M.; Cappola, Anne R.
- Abstract
The article discusses the 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on vitamin D deficiency screening in asymptomatic adults. Topics explored include the acknowledgment of the importance of vitamin D particularly for musculoskeletal health, the risk of bone fracture in vitamin D deficient individuals, and the factors that need to be considered by clinicians in screening individuals with this deficiency.
- Subjects
VITAMIN D deficiency; MEDICAL screening; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; DIAGNOSIS of deficiency diseases; VITAMIN D in human nutrition; HEALTH of adults; MUSCULOSKELETAL system physiology; BONE fractures
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2021, Vol 325, Issue 14, p1401
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2021.2227