Vitamin D, sunlight exposure, and bone density in elderly African American females of low socioeconomic status

Family Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-51

  Weaver, Sally P ^a   Passmore, Cindy ^b   Collins, Ben ^c   Fung, Eugene ^d  

^a McLennan County Medical Education and Research Foundation   (United States)

^b Faculty Development Center   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 74749093860     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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