Older Mayan residents of the western highlands of Guatemala lack sufficient levels of vitamin D

Nutrition Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 739-746

  Sud, Sohil R ^a   Montenegro Bethancourt, Gabriela ^b   Bermúdez, Odilia I ^a   Heaney, Robert P ^c   Armas, Laura ^c   Solomons, Noel W ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for the Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism   (Guatemala)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Cross sectional Studies; Guatemala; Sunlight; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SUNLIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 78649894835     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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