Vitamin D deficiency among northern Native Peoples: A real or apparent problem?

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Frost, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inuit; North american indians; Population genetics; Rickets; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADAPTATION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CANADA; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84859114386     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.18001     Document Type: Article

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