Seasonal epidemiology of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations among healthy adults living in rural and urban areas in Mongolia

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Bromage, Sabri ^a   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^b   Tselmen, Daria ^c   Baylin, Ana ^d   Houghton, Lisa A ^e   Baasanjav, Nachin ^c   Ganmaa, Davaasambuu ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Calciferol; Food fortification; Hypovitaminosis D; Mongolia; Nutrient supplementation; Nutritional epidemiology; Sex differences; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; OCCUPATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016296629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8100592     Document Type: Article

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