Commonly recommended daily intake of vitamin D is not sufficient if sunlight exposure is limited

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 260-268

  Glerup, Henning ^a   Mikkelsen, K ^b   Poulsen, L ^b   Hass, E ^b   Overbeck, S ^b   Thomsen, J ^a   Charles, P ^a   Eriksen, E F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Primary Health Care Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Food intake; Hyperparathyroidism; Sunlight exposure; UV B

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; OSTEOMALACIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARABS; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOTHING; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; MAGNESIUM; NUTRITION POLICY; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATES; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033982758     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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