Public health implications of standardized 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: A decrease in the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among older women in Germany

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-232

  Perna, Laura ^a   Haug, Ulrike ^a   Schöttker, Ben ^a   Müller, Heiko ^a   Raum, Elke ^a   Jansen, Eugène H J M ^b   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Public Health; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D measurement method; Women's health

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84866020077     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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