Long-term vitamin D3 supplementation is more effective than vitamin D2 in maintaining serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status over the winter months

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1082-1088

  Logan, Victoria F ^a   Gray, Andrew R ^a   Peddie, Meredith C ^a   Harper, Michelle J ^a   Houghton, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Parathyroid hormone; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Vitamin D2; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; CALCIFEDIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLACEBOS; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84875054092     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002851     Document Type: Article

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