Vitamin D status and food security in North-East Asia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health; Pleiotropic functions; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ASIA; BLOOD; BONE DISEASE; CATERING SERVICE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ASIA; BONE DISEASES; FOOD SUPPLY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84873252450     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.1.21     Document Type: Short Survey

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