Vitamin D status of refugees arriving in Canada: Findings from the calgary refugee health program

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Aucoin, Michael ^a,b   Weaver, Rob ^c   Thomas, Roger ^b   Jones, Lanice ^a,b  

^a Calgary Refugee Health Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOUTH AMERICA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876271570     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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