Decrease in Vitamin D status in the Greenlandic adult population from 1987-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Nielsen, Nina O ^a   Jørgensen, Marit E ^b   Friis, Henrik ^c   Melbye, Mads ^d   Soborg, Bolette ^d   Jeppesen, Charlotte ^e   Lundqvist, Marika ^d   Cohen, Arieh ^d   Hougaard, David M ^d   Bjerregaard, Peter ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ARCTIC; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARCTIC REGIONS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREENLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84918816358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112949     Document Type: Article

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