Vitamin D status and associated factors of deficiency among Jordanian children of preschool age

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 90-95

  Nichols, E K ^a,f   Khatib, I M D ^b   Aburto, N J ^a   Serdula, M K ^a   Scanlon, K S ^a   Wirth, J P ^c,d   Sullivan, K M ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c Groundwork LLC   (Switzerland)

^d GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JORDANIAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUN EXPOSURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AGE; BLOOD; INFANT; JORDAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SUNLIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; CALCIFEDIOL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84920680196     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.142     Document Type: Article

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