Vitamin D status in healthy Romanian caregivers and risk of respiratory infections

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2157-2162

  Porojnicu, Alina C ^a   Moroti Constantinescu, Ruxandra ^b   Laslau, Andrei ^b   Lagunova, Zoya ^a   Dahlback, Arne ^c   Hristea, Adriana ^b   Moan, Johan ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Matei Bals National Institute for Infectious Diseases   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Infections risk; Romania; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867700141     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000158     Document Type: Article

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