Vitamin D status and predictors of hypovitaminosis D in Italian children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1607-1617

  Vierucci, Francesco ^a   Del Pistoia, Marta ^a   Fanos, Margherita ^a   Gori, Martina ^a   Carlone, Giorgia ^a   Erba, Paola ^a   Massimetti, Gabriele ^a   Federico, Giovanni ^a   Saggese, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

25 hydroxivitamin D; Adolescents; Children; Parathyroid hormone; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D insufficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SPRING; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890427565     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2119-z     Document Type: Article

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