Vitamin D deficiency during winter months among an adult, predominantly urban, population in northern Poland

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-113

  Kmieć, Piotr ^a   Zmijewski, Michał ^a   Waszak, Przemysław ^a   Sworczak, Krzysztof ^a   Lizakowska Kmieć, Maria ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b Endomed Diagnostic Medical Centre   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adult; Calcifediol; Overweight; Parathyroid hormone; Sunlight; Ultraviolet rays; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBATHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SUNBATHING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901407838     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/EP.2014.0015     Document Type: Article

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