Vitamin D deficiency and sufficiency among Canadian children residing at high latitude following the revision of the RDA of Vitamin D intake in 2010

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 457-465

  Munasinghe, Lalani L ^a   Yuan, Yan ^a   Willows, Noreen D ^a   Faught, Erin L ^a   Ekwaru, John P ^a   Veugelers, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Canadian Health Measure Survey; Children; Determinants; Dietary reference intake; Supplementation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH LATITUDE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CANADA; COMPLICATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; INCOME; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85014058333     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517000320     Document Type: Article

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