Serum 25(OH)D3 vitamin status of elderly Finnish women is suboptimal even after summer sunshine but is not associated with bone density or turnover

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Pekkarinen, Tuula ^a   Turpeinen, Ursula ^b   Hämäläinen, Esa ^b   Löyttyniemi, Eliisa ^c   Alfthan, Henrik ^b   Välimäki, Matti J ^b  

^a PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BONE DENSITY; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHOLECALCIFEROL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 73949088972     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0739     Document Type: Article

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