Vitamin D status in Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka and Norway

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 941-944

  Meyer, Haakon E ^a,b   Holvik, Kristin ^a   Lofthus, Cathrine M ^c   Tennakoon, Sampath U B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Epidemiology; Migration; Norway; Sri Lanka; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SRI LANKA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SEASONS; SRI LANKA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 53049087110     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507844138     Document Type: Article

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