Low Vitamin D Status in a Representative Sample of Youth From Québec, Canada
Author(s) -
Sean Mark,
Katherine GrayDonald,
Edgard Delvin,
Jennifer O’Loughlin,
Gilles Paradis,
Émile Lévy,
Marie Lambert
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2008.104158
Subject(s) - vitamin d and neurology , fortification , vitamin d deficiency , medicine , population , demography , body mass index , food fortification , vitamin , public health , gerontology , endocrinology , environmental health , chemistry , food science , nursing , sociology
Adequate vitamin D status is important for bone growth and mineralization and has been implicated in the regulation of autoimmunity, metabolic function, and cancer prevention. There are no reports of population-based studies on the vitamin D status of Canadian youth, a population with mandatory fortification of foods.
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