Vitamin D status in recently arrived immigrants from Africa and Asia: A cross-sectional study from Norway of children, adolescents and adults

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Eggemoen, Åse R ^a,b   Knutsen, Kirsten V ^a   Dalen, Ingvild ^a   Jenum, Anne K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Health and Welfare Agency   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84887863625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003293     Document Type: Article

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