Vitamin D status in Jordan: Dress style and gender discrepancies

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-18

  Batieha, A ^a   Khader, Y ^a   Jaddou, H ^a   Hyassat, D ^d   Batieha, Z ^b   Khateeb, M ^d   Belbisi, A ^c   Ajlouni, K ^d  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^d National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics Jordan   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dress style; Gender; Jordan; Parathormone; UV radiation; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRESS STYLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JORDAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651596025     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323097     Document Type: Article

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