Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Turkish, Moroccan, Indian and sub-Sahara African populations in Europe and their countries of origin: An overview

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1009-1021

  Van Der Meer, I M ^a   Middelkoop, B J C ^a,b   Boeke, A J P ^c   Lips, P ^c  

^a Municipal Medical and Health Service of The Hague   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indian; Moroccan; Prevalence; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Sub Sahara African; Turkish

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

AFRICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; EMBASE; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953317273     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1279-1     Document Type: Review

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