Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: Pandemic?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1033-1044

  Cashman, Kevin D ^a   Dowling, Kirsten G ^a   Škrabáková, Zuzana ^a   Gonzalez Gross, Marcela ^c,d   Valtueña, Jara ^c   De Henauw, Stefaan ^e   Moreno, Luis ^f   Damsgaard, Camilla T ^g   Michaelsen, Kim F ^g   Mølgaard, Christian ^g   Jorde, Rolf ^h   Grimnes, Guri ^h   Moschonis, George ⁱ   Mavrogianni, Christina ⁱ   Manios, Yannis ⁱ   Thamm, Michael ^j   Mensink, Gert B M ^j   Rabenberg, Martina ^j   Busch, Markus A ^j   Cox, Lorna ^k   Meadows, Sarah ^k   Goldberg, Gail ^k   Prentice, Ann ^k   Dekker, Jacqueline M ^l   Nijpels, Giel ^m   Pilz, Stefan ⁿ   Swart, Karin M ^l   Van Schoor, Natasja M ^l   Lips, Paul ^m   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^o   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^o,p   Cotch, Mary Frances ^q   Koskinen, Seppo ^s   Lamberg Allardt, Christel ^t   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A ^u   Sempos, Christopher T ^r   Kiely, Mairead ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

ⁱ HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^j ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^k MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^m VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^o ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^q NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^r NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^s NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^u LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Europe; Prevalence; Standardized; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANDEMICS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962365805     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.120873     Document Type: Article

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