Vitamin D - How do we define deficiency and what can we do about it in New Zealand?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1262, 2007, Pages

  Scragg, Robert ^a   Bartley, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BONE DENSITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAORI; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RISK REDUCTION; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RACE; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 35548986556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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