Vitamin D status in Greenland is influenced by diet and ethnicity: A population-based survey in an Arctic society in transition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 928-935

  Andersen, Stig ^a,b   Laurberg, Peter ^a   Hvingel, Bodil ^b   Kleinschmidt, Kent ^b   Heickendorff, Lene ^c   Mosekilde, Leif ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Queen Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic Greenland; FFQ; Inuit Eskimos; Lifestyle changes; Plasma 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Population based study; Westernisation

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC; CAUCASIAN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ESKIMO; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; AGED; ARCTIC REGIONS; CALCIFEDIOL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84874742333     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002097     Document Type: Review

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