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    Predictors of vitamin D biochemical status in a large sample of middle-aged male smokers in Finland

    As vitamin D deficiency is considered to be more common in regions with little solar ultraviolet (UV) light in winter, the aim of this study was to analyze predictors of vitamin D status by season within a lar...

    K E Brock, B I Graubard, D R Fraser in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2010)

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    Relationship between vitamin D status, body composition and physical exercise of adolescent girls in Bei**g

    Little is known about the prevalence of actual vitamin D deficiency in healthy school-aged adolescents, particularly in China. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D and to id...

    L. H. Foo, Q. Zhang, K. Zhu, G. Ma, A. Trube, H. Greenfield in Osteoporosis International (2009)

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    Low body weight and its association with bone health and pubertal maturation in Chinese girls

    Objective: To investigate the prevalence of low body weight in Bei**g pubertal girls and to establish the cut-off for body mass index (BMI) for underweight for Chinese pubertal girls.

    X Du, H Greenfield, D R Fraser, K Ge, W Zheng in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2003)

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    Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Vitamin D

    Since the discovery of vitamin D in the early years of this century, every attempt to fit it into one of the standard categories of biology or chemistry has failed. It was first described as a fat-soluble nutrien...

    D. R. Fraser in Calcium in Human Biology (1988)