Is vitamin D status known among children living in Northern Italy?

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-149

  Marrone, Giuseppina ^a   Rosso, Ilaria ^a   Moretti, Raffaella ^a   Valent, Francesca ^a   Romanello, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Race; Season; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; ITALY; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84860682585     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-011-0200-9     Document Type: Article

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