Vitamin D status and health correlates among apparently healthy participants in an urban, Sunny Region

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 262-269

  Vallianou, Natalia ^a   Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^b   Akalestos, Thanasis ^c   Evangelopoulos, Angelos ^c   Vogiatzakis, Evangelos ^a   Bonou, Maria ^a   Barbetseas, John ^a   Avgerinos, Peter C ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c Roche Hellas Pharmaceutical Company   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Haemoglobin; Inflammation; Sunshine; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872935652     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3749     Document Type: Article

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