Factors influencing the vitamin D status of 10-year-old urban South African children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 334-339

  Poopedi, MacHuene A ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a   Pettifor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Body composition; Children; Ethnicity; Gender; Season; South Africa

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASON; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79952527157     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001000234X     Document Type: Article

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