Effect of country of origin, age, and body mass index on prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in a US immigrant and refugee population

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-37

  Campagna, Ann M ^a   Settgast, Ann M ^a,d   Walker, Patricia F ^a,b,d   DeFor, Terese A ^b   Campagna, Elizabeth J ^e   Plotnikoff, Gregory A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Allina Center for Health Care Innovation   (United States)

^d Health Partners Center for International Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; BODY MASS; BULGARIA; BURUNDI; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EASTERN EUROPE; EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GHANA; GROUPS BY AGE; GUINEA; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; KENYA; KOREA; LAOS; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MEXICO; MOROCCO; MYANMAR; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUSSIAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUDAN; THAILAND; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84872905995     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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