Vitamin D deficiency and disease risk among aboriginal Arctic populations

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 468-478

  Sharma, Sangita ^a   Barr, Alison B ^b   Macdonald, Helen M ^c   Sheehy, Tony ^d   Novotny, Rachel ^e   Corriveau, Andre ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal populations; Arctic; Chronic disease; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COD LIVER OIL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ABORIGINE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFECTION; LATITUDE; LUNG CANCER; MAMMAL; MARINE BACTERIUM; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STOMACH CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SWEDEN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARCTIC REGIONS; BONE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960719836     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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