Vitamin D status among indigenous Mayan (Kekchi) and Afro-Caribe (Garifuna) adolescents from Guatemala: A comparative description between two ethnic groups residing on the Rio Dulce at the Caribbean coast in Izabal Province, Guatemala

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1729-1737

  Naqvi, Ali ^a   Solomons, Noel W ^b   Campos, Raquel ^b   Soto Méndez, María José ^b   Caplan, Emily ^b   Armas, Laura ^c   Bermudez, Odilia I ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for the Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism   (Guatemala)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Guatemala; Skin pigmentation; Sunlight exposure; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CARIBBEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84962074730     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016000598     Document Type: Article

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