Vitamin D Status in South Asian Populations – Risks and Opportunities

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1925-1940

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

fortification; malnutrition; osteomalacia; osteoporosis; rickets; South Asia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; INFORMATION SERVICES; NUTRITION; VITAMINS;

FORTIFICATION; MALNUTRITION; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RICKETS; SOUTH ASIA; VITAMIN-D;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

VITAMIN D;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INDIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOMALACIA; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; SEASON; SRI LANKA; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INDIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOMALACIA; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; SEASONS; SRI LANKA; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84976321899     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2013.807419     Document Type: Article

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