Vitamin D insufficiency in New Zealanders during the winter is associated with higher parathyroid hormone concentrations: Implications for bone health?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1286, 2008, Pages 75-84

  Rockell, Jennifer E P ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^a   Venn, Bernard J ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Green, Tim J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; PARATHYROID HORMONE; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; SPRING; SUMMER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VOLUNTEER; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449094783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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