Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Adolescents

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency was present in many US adolescents in this urban clinic-based sample. The prevalence was highest in African American teenagers and during winter, although the problem seems to be common across sex, season, and ethnicity.

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MedicineVitamin D and neurologyvitamin D deficiencyBody mass indexParathyroid hormoneAnthropometryInternal medicinePediatricsCross-sectional studyPhysiologyCalcium

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Year: 2004
Type: article
Volume: 158
Issue: 6
Pages: 531-531
Citations: 877
Access: Closed

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                                    Catherine M. Gordon, 
                                
                                    Kerrin C. DePeter, 
                                
                                    Henry A. Feldman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Adolescents. 
                            Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
                            , 158
                            (6)
                            , 531-531.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.158.6.531
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.6.531