The majority of Older British Columbians take Vitamin D-containing supplements

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-250

  Green, Timothy J ^a   Barr, Susan I ^a   Chapman, Gwen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British columbia; Health beliefs; Older people; Supplement; Survey; Vitamin d

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77957251895     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404383     Document Type: Article

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