Vitamin D status in a sunny country: Where has the sun gone?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 784-788

  Unger, Marianna D ^a   Cuppari, Lilian ^b   Titan, Silvia M ^a   Magalhães, Maria Cláudia T ^a   Sassaki, Ana L ^a   dos Reis, Luciene M ^a   Jorgetti, Vanda ^a   Moysés, Rosa Maria Affonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

25 Vitamin D; Age; Hypovitaminosis D; Parathyroid hormone; Secondary hyperparathyroidism; Sun radiation

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; GLUCOSE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN COLOR; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649865125     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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