Global Overview of Vitamin D Status

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 845-870

  van Schoor, Natasja ^a   Lips, Paul ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Global; Vitamin D status

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BAZEDOXIFENE; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; VITAMIN D;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EUROPE; FORTIFIED FOOD; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSON; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85032450977     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: 15584410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2017.07.002     Document Type: Review

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