Seasonal variation of serum vitamin D and the effect of vitamin D supplementation in Irish community-dwelling older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-174

  Romero Ortuno, Roman ^a   Cogan, Lisa ^a   Browne, Joseph ^a   Healy, Martin ^a   Casey, Miriam Catherine ^a,b   Cunningham, Conal ^a,b   Walsh, James Bernard ^a,b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aged; Dietary supplements; Elderly; Ireland; Seasonal variation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALFACALCIDOL; COD LIVER OIL; COLECALCIFEROL; MULTIVITAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79951803571     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq138     Document Type: Article

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