Vitamin d insufficiency in a sunshine-sufficient area: Southern ethiopia

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 429-433

  Gebreegziabher, Tafere ^a   Stoecker, Barbara J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Sidama women; Southern Ethiopia; UVB radiation; Vitamin D insufficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY SHIFT; LATITUDE; LIGHT EFFECT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84892715904     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400408     Document Type: Article

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