Vitamin D deficiency in Tasmania: A whole of life perspective

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1137-1144

  Van der Mei, I A F ^a   Dore, D ^a   Winzenberg, T ^a   Blizzard, L ^a   Jones, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Adult; Child; Deficiency; Teenage; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TASMANIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84867467888     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02788.x     Document Type: Article

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