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Vitamin D status and its adequacy in healthy Danish perimenopausal women: relationships to dietary intake, sun exposure and serum parathyroid hormone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Christine Brot*
Affiliation:
Osteoporosis Research Clinic, Dep 545, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Kettegaard Allé 30, DK- 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Peter Vestergaard
Affiliation:
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Aarhus Bone and Mineral Research Group, Aarhus Amtssygehus, Tage Hansens Gade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Niels Kolthoff
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Physiology, Hilleroed Hospital, Helsevej 2, DK- 3400 Hilleroed, Denmark
Jeppe Gram
Affiliation:
Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
Anne P. Hermann
Affiliation:
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Aarhus Bone and Mineral Research Group, Aarhus Amtssygehus, Tage Hansens Gade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Ole H. Sørensen
Affiliation:
Osteoporosis Research Clinic, Dep 545, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Kettegaard Allé 30, DK- 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
*
*Corresponding author: Dr Christine Brot, The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Mørkhøj Bygade 19, DK-2860 Søborg, Denmark, fax +45 33 95 66 96, email cxb@fdir.dk
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