Low prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in elderly Afro-Caribbean men

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-84

  Miljkovic, Iva ^a   Bodnar, Lisa M ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^a   Bunker, Clareann H ^a   Patrick, Alan L ^b   Wheeler, Victor W ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Zmuda, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Tobago Health Studies Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Afro Caribbean; Men; Tobago; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79955106164     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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