What do people know and believe about vitamin D?

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Deschasaux, Mélanie ^a   Souberbielle, Jean Claude ^b   Partula, Valentin ^a   Lécuyer, Lucie ^a   Gonzalez, Rebeca ^a   Srour, Bernard ^a   Guinot, Christiane ^c   Malvy, Denis ^d   Latino Martel, Paule ^a   Druesne Pecollo, Nathalie ^a   Galan, Pilar ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,e   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Fassier, Philippine ^a   Ezzedine, Khaled ^a,f   Touvier, Mathilde ^a  

^a Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^e AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Knowledge; Population based study; Vitamin D; Vitamin D status

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SUNLIGHT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84995701363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8110718     Document Type: Article

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