Locally harvested foods support serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D sufficiency in an indigenous population of Western Alaska

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Luick, Bret ^a   Bersamin, Andrea ^a   Stern, Judith S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Alaska natives; Dietary transition; Seasonality; Traditional Foods; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; POPULATION GROUP; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; POPULATION GROUPS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897049518     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v73.22732     Document Type: Article

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