Low wintertime vitamin D levels in a sample of healthy young adults of diverse ancestry living in the Toronto area: Associations with vitamin D intake and skin pigmentation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gozdzik, Agnes ^a   Barta, Jodi Lynn ^a   Wu, Hongyu ^b   Wagner, Dennis ^a,c   Cole, David E ^d   Vieth, Reinhold ^a,c   Whiting, Susan ^b   Parra, Esteban J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; VITAMIN D; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLESIOMORPHY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIGREE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; PEDIGREE; SEASONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149097873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-336     Document Type: Article

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