Sunlight and other determinants of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in black and white participants in a nationwide US study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-192

  Freedman, D Michal ^a   Cahoon, Elizabeth K ^a   Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Major, Jacqueline M ^a   Doody, Michele M ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^b   Hoffbeck, Richard W ^b   Kimlin, Michael G ^c   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; dietary supplements; race; seasons; sex; sunlight; ultraviolet rays; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

BLOOD; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872240700     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws223     Document Type: Article

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