Living in low-latitude regions in the United States does not prevent poor vitamin D status

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 6 I, 2005, Pages 203-209

  Park, Sohyun ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ALTITUDE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SOLAR SYSTEM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 20544472667     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2005.Jun.203-209     Document Type: Short Survey

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