Vitamin D in a northern Canadian first nation population: dietary intake, serum concentrations and functional gene polymorphisms.

Vitamin D in a northern Canadian first nation population: dietary intake, serum concentrations and functional gene polymorphisms.

The wide spectrum of vitamin D activity has focused attention on its potential role in the elevated burden of disease in a northern Canadian First Nations (Dené) cohort. Vitamin D insufficiency, and gene polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) have been imp...

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Main Authors: Linda Larcombe, Neeloffer Mookherjee, Joyce Slater, Caroline Slivinski, Matthew Singer, Chris Whaley, Lizette Denechezhe, Sara Matyas, Emily Turner-Brannen, Peter Nickerson, Pamela Orr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3503822?pdf=render

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