Seasonality of vitamin d status in older people in Southern Germany: Implications for assessment

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 404-408

  Klenk, Jochen ^a,b   Rapp, Kilian ^a,b   Denkinger, Michael Dieter ^a   Nagel, Gabriele ^a   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^a   Peter, Richard ^a   Koenig, Wolfgang ^c   Böhm, Bernhard Otto ^c   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daylight; Global solar radiation; Older people; Season; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84877081357     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft042     Document Type: Article

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