Sunlight and dietary contributions to the seasonal vitamin D status of cohorts of healthy postmenopausal women living at northerly latitudes: A major cause for concern?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2461-2472

  MacDonald, H M ^a   Mavroeidi, A ^a   Fraser, W D ^b   Darling, A L ^c   Black, A J ^a   Aucott, L ^a   O'Neill, F ^a   Hart, K ^c   Berry, J L ^d   Lanham New, S A ^c   Reid, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary vitamin D; Longitudinal study; Postmenopausal women; Regional vitamin D status; Seasonal 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Sunlight exposure

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERUM; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIET; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80052333848     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1467-z     Document Type: Article

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