Vitamin D deficiency and low bone status in adult female garment factory workers in Bangladesh

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1322-1329

  Islam, Md Zahirul ^a   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^a   Kemi, Virpi ^a   Nevanlinna, Antti ^a   Akhtaruzzaman, Mohammad ^b   Laaksonen, Marika ^a   Jehan, Atia H ^c   Jahan, Khurshid ^b   Khan, Habib Ullah ^c   Lamberg Allardt, Christel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c Centre for Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Bangladesh; Bone mineral density; Female garment workers; Vitamin D status

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; CLOTHING; FACTUAL DATABASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BONE DENSITY; CLOTHING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RISK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 45549090343     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508894445     Document Type: Article

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