The ambiguity of ethnicity as risk factor of vitamin D deficiency - A case study of Danish vitamin D policy documents

Health Policy

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-63

  Mygind, Anna ^a   Traulsen, Janine Morgall ^a   Nørgaard, Lotte Stig ^a   Bissell, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denmark; Ethnic groups; Health policy; Migrants; Policy making; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGE; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CULTURE; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79960906035     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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