Vitamin D status and attitudes towards sun exposure in South Asian women living in Auckland, New Zealand

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-536

  Von Hurst, Pamela R ^a   Stonehouse, Welma ^a   Coad, Jane ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

South Asian; Sun exposure; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951214510     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990838     Document Type: Article

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