Vitamin D levels and status amongst asthmatic and non-asthmatic adolescents in Cyprus: A comparative cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kolokotroni, Ourania ^a,b   Papadopoulou, Anna ^c   Middleton, Nicos ^a   Kouta, Christiana ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^c   Yiallouros, Panayiotis K ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Asthma severity; Vitamin D levels; Vitamin D status

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84924232771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1385-2     Document Type: Article

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