Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood: Prevalent in the sunny south pacific

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1893-1901

  Grant, Cameron C ^a,b   Wall, Clare R ^a   Crengle, Sue ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child; Diet; Ethnic groups; New Zealand; Sunlight; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 75149180991     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009004820     Document Type: Article

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