Global prevalence and disease burden of vitamin D deficiency: a roadmap for action in low-and middle-income countries

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1430, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 44-79

  Roth, Daniel E ^a   Abrams, Steven A ^b   Aloia, John ^c   Bergeron, Gilles ^d   Bourassa, Megan W ^d   Brown, Kenneth H ^e   Calvo, Mona S ^f   Cashman, Kevin D ^g   Combs, Gerald ^h   De Regil, Luz María ⁱ   Jefferds, Maria Elena ^j   Jones, Kerry S ^k   Kapner, Hallie ^l   Martineau, Adrian R ^m   Neufeld, Lynnette M ⁿ   Schleicher, Rosemary L ^j   Thacher, Tom D ^o   Whiting, Susan J ^p  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^k MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^l Queen Mary University of London ^*  (United States)

^m QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^o MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; cholecalciferol; developing countries; dietary supplementation; fortification; micronutrients; nutrition; rickets; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85053474892     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13968     Document Type: Article

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