Vitamin D insufficiency among postmenopausal women in urban and rural areas in guilan, northern Iran

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-393

  Maddah, Mohsen ^a   Seyede, Hajar Sharami ^b   Neyestani, Tirang R ^c  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Educational level; Iran; Postmenopausal women; Vitamin d

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77951660695     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360903393523     Document Type: Article

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