Vitamin D status and its determinants in adolescents from the Northern Ireland Young Hearts 2000 cohort

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1061-1067

  Hill, Tom R ^a   Cotter, Alice A ^a   Mitchell, Sarah ^a   Boreham, Colin A ^b   Dubitzky, Werner ^c   Murray, Liam ^d   Strain, J J ^c   Flynn, Albert ^a   Robson, Paula J ^c   Wallace, Julie M W ^c   Kiely, Mairead ^a   Cashman, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Determinants; Gender; Season; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Vitamin D insufficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 42249102683     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507842826     Document Type: Article

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