High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in school-age children in Tehran, 2008: A red alert

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 324-330

  Neyestani, Tirang R ^a   Hajifaraji, Majid ^a   Omidvar, Nasrin ^a   Eshraghian, Mohammad R ^b   Shariatzadeh, Nastaran ^a   Kalayi, Ali ^a   Gharavi, A'Azam ^a   Khalaji, Niloufar ^a   Haidari, Homa ^a   Zowghi, Telma ^a   Nikooyeh, Bahareh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Prevalence; School age children; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84855357311     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000188     Document Type: Article

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