Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its related factors in children and adolescents living in North Khorasan, Iran

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 431-436

  Habibesadat, Shakeri ^a   Ali, Khakshour ^a   Shabnam, Jalili Moghaddam ^b   Arash, Akaberi ^a,c  

^a NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Adolescents; Children; Parathyroid hormone; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; PARATHYROID HORMONE; HYDROXYCOLECALCIFEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASON; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; IRAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84902520054     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2013-0198     Document Type: Article

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