Working patterns and vitamin D status in mid-life: A cross-sectional study of the 1958 British birth cohort

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 902-907

  Ward, Maria ^a,b   Berry, Diane J ^a   Power, Chris ^a   Hyppönen, Elina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 81855185622     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.063479     Document Type: Article

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