Low vitamin D status in preschool children in Greece

Nutrition Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 620-625

  Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a   Kakourou, Talia ^a   Papadopoulou, Anna ^a   Kavadias, Georges ^a   Dimitriou, Elizabeth ^a   Georgouli, Helen ^a   Tsapra, Helen ^b   Giannoulia Karantana, Aglaia ^a   Fretzayas, Andreas ^a   Tsiftis, Georges ^c   Bakoula, Chryssa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Nursery Centers of the Municipality of Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Hypovitaminosis D; Preschool children; Sunlight exposure; Vitamin D intake

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33845467523     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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