Seasonal variation in vitamin D levels in the Canterbury, New Zealand population in relation to available UV radiation

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1262, 2007, Pages

  Livesey, John ^a   Elder, Peter ^b   Ellis, M Jane ^a   McKenzie, Richard ^c   Liley, Ben ^c   Florkoswki, Chris ^b  

^a Canterbury Health Laboratories Endolab   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEASONS; STATISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35548993151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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