Vitamin D status of Irish adults: Findings from the National Adult Nutrition Survey

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1248-1256

  Cashman, Kevin D ^a   Muldowney, Siobhan ^a   McNulty, Breige ^b   Nugent, Anne ^b   Fitzgerald, Anthony P ^a   Kiely, Mairead ^a   Walton, Janette ^a   Gibney, Michael J ^b   Flynn, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

National nutrition surveys; Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Supplements; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRISH; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIFEDIOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876110866     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003212     Document Type: Review

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