Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration of Indigenous-Fijian and Fijian-Indian women

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Heere, Christina ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^a   Waqatakirewa, Lepani ^b   Vatucawaqa, Penina ^c   Khan, A Nisha ^b   Green, Timothy J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^c National Food and Nutrition Centre   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fijian; Indian; Indigenous; Vitamin D status; Women

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; INDIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIFEDIOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INDIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952294951     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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