Ethnic Dress, Vitamin D Intake, and Calcaneal Bone Health in Young Women in the United Kingdom

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 250-254

  Knoss, Robert ^a   Halsey, Lewis G ^a   Reeves, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone health; Hypovitaminosis D; Osteoporosis; QUS; Skin concealment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; STEROID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCANEUS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HABIT; HAIR; HUMAN; LEG; MIDDLE EAST; NECK; NORTH AFRICA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STEROID THERAPY; SUNTAN; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CLOTHING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84860469912     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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