Vitamin D Status among Older Adults Residing in the Littoral and Andes Mountains in Ecuador

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Orces, Carlos H ^a  

^a Department of Medicine Laredo Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LITTORAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; AGE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84939826247     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/545297     Document Type: Article

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