Vitamin D levels in prepubertal children in Southern Tasmania: Prevalence and determinants

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 824-829

  Jones, G ^a   Blizzard, C L ^a   Riley, M D ^a   Parameswaran, V ^b   Greenaway, T M ^b   Dwyer, T ^a  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Children; Sunlight; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MELANIN; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

EID: 0032700597     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600858     Document Type: Article

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