High latitude and marine diet: Vitamin D status in elderly Faroese

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 914-918

  Dalgard, Christine ^a   Petersen, Maria Skaalum ^b   Schmedes, Anne V ^c   Brandslund, Ivan ^c   Weihe, Pal ^a,b   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^c LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Marine food; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MALE; MARINE DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DENMARK; FAT INTAKE; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; SEA FOOD; SEASON; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; WHALE;

DELPHINIDAE;

AGED; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIFEDIOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEAFOOD; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WHALES;

EID: 77957263355     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510001509     Document Type: Article

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