Nutrition

Vitamin D testing and treatment — References and further reading

1 Based on:

  Cannell, J., et al. 2008. Diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency. Expert Opin. Pharmacother., 9 (1), 107–118. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18076342 (accessed 04.01.2008).

  Vasquez, A., & Stone, M. 2008. Vitamin D: How much is enough and how much is too much? IFM Fall Webinar Series.

2 Holick, M. 1995. Environmental factors that influence the cutaneous production of vitamin D. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 61 (Suppl.), 638–645. URL (PDF): http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/61/3/638S.pdf (accessed 09.15.2008).

  Need, A., et al., 1993. Effects of skin thickness, age, body fat, and sunlight on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 58 (6), 882–885. URL (PDF): http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/58/6/882.pdf (accessed 09.15.2008).

3 Science Daily. 2008. Effects of vitamin D and skin’s physiology examined. URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080220161707.htm (accessed 09.18.2008).

4 [No author listed.] 2008. Spike in vitamin D testing creates confusion. Who to test? What to take? More questions than answers. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26272688/ (accessed 09.12.2008).

5 [No author listed.] 2008. Natural Standard News. URL (limited access) http://www.naturalstandard.com/index-abstract.asp?create-abstract=/monographs/news/news200808020.asp (accessed 09.11.2008).

  Moore, C., et al. 2005. Vitamin D intakes by children and adults in the United States differ among ethnic groups. J. Nutr., 135 (10), 2478–2485. URL: http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/135/10/2478 (accessed 09.15.2008).

6 Blank, S., et al. 1995. An outbreak of hypervitaminosis D associated with the overfortification of milk from a home-delivery dairy. Am. J. Public Health, 85 (5), 656–659. URL (PDF): http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/85/5/656.pdf (accessed 09.15.2008).

7 Jacobs, E., et al. 2008. Vitamin D insufficiency in southern Arizona. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 87 (3), 608–613. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18326598 (accessed 09.02.2008).


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The ABC’s of vitamin D testing and treatment

 

Original Publication Date: 09/19/2008
Last Modified: 08/17/2009
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet

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