Vitamin D Status Of Inuit Preschoolers Reflects Season And Vitamin D Intake

Vitamin D Status Of Inuit Preschoolers Reflects Season And Vitamin D Intake Jessy El Hayek, Grace Egeland, and Hope Weiler, 2010   Rickets ascribed to hypovitaminosis D remains a public health concern among Aboriginal children in Canada and the United States. Our primary objective in this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors (gender, age, vitamin D intake, and socioeconomic status) for low vitamin D status of Inuit preschoolers living in 16 Arctic communities...

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