Vitamin D levels and deficiency with different occupations: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sowah, Daniel ^a   Fan, Xiangning ^a   Dennett, Liz ^a   Hagtvedt, Reidar ^b   Straube, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH)D); occupation; systematic review; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D level

Indexed keywords

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85021063552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4436-z     Document Type: Article

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