Vitamin D intake is low and hypovitaminosis D common in healthy 9- to 15-year-old Finnish girls

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 746-751

  Lehtonen Veromaa, M ^a   Mottonen T ^b,d   Irjala, K ^b   Karkkainen M ^c   Lamberg Allardt, C ^c   Hakola, P ^a   Viikari, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calcium intake; Hypovitaminosis D; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Vitamin D intake

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM; CHILD; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SPORTS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0344500895     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600844     Document Type: Article

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