Intake of vitamin D by Finnish children aged 3 months to 3 years in relation to sociodemographic factors

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1317-1322

  Rasanen M ^a,b   Kronberg Kippila C ^b   Ahonen, S ^a   Uusitalo, L ^a   Kautiainen, S ^a   Erkkola, M ^a,b   Veijola, R ^c   Knip, M ^d,e   Kaila, M ^e   Virtanen, S M ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARGARINE; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EGG; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33750564992     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602459     Document Type: Article

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