The burden of vitamin D deficiency in a mediterranean country without a policy of food fortification

Acta Biomedica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-62

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Nouvenne, Antonio ^b,c   Ticinesi, Andrea ^b,c   Bonelli, Patrizia ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^d   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^e   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^d  

^a UO Diagnostica Ematochimica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Deficit; Prevention; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD FORTIFICATION; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; FORTIFIED FOOD; INFANT; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942256908     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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