High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Cambodian women: A common deficiency in a sunny country

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Smith, Geoffry ^a,b   Wimalawansa, Sunil J ^c   Laillou, Arnaud ^d   Sophonneary, Prak ^e   Un, Samoeurn ^d   Hong, Rathavuth ^f   Poirot, Etienne ^d   Kuong, Khov ^g,h   Chamnan, Chhoun ^g   de los Reyes, Francisco N ⁱ   Wieringa, Frank T ^j  

^a International Life Sciences Institute   (Singapore)

^b Essential Micronutrients Foundation   (Singapore)

^c Cardio Metabolic Institute   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e National Maternal and Child Health Center   (Cambodia)

^f ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (Cambodia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^j INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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Author keywords

Cambodia; Demographic health survey nutrition; National survey; South East Asia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84968538019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8050290     Document Type: Article

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