High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in athletes and dancers

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 368-371

  Constantini, Naama W ^a   Arieli, Rakefet ^a   Chodick, Gabriel ^b   Dubnov Raz, Gal ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cholecalciferol; sport; vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; FERRITIN; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CALCIFEDIOL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957258666     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181f207f2     Document Type: Article

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