Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency during the summer and its relationship with sun exposure and skin phototype in elderly men living in the tropics

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1347-1351

  Cabral, Marcelo Azevedo ^a   Borges, Carla Núbia ^a   Maia, Juliana Maria Coelho ^a   Aires, Caio Augusto Martins ^a   Bandeira, Francisco ^b  

^a Health College of Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Brazil; Serum 25(OH)D levels; Sun index

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SKIN PHOTOTYPE; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; TROPICS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; SERUM 25(OH)D LEVELS; SUN INDEX;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84885069710     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S47058     Document Type: Article

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