Nutrition
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 414-420 , May 2008

Seemingly paradoxical seasonal influences on vitamin D status in nursing-home elderly people from a Mediterranean area

  • Francisca Pérez-Llamas, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +968-364-942; fax: +968-363-963.
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  • María José López-Contreras, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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  • María José Blanco, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Social Action Institute of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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  • Fernando López-Azorín, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Analysis Service, University Hospital “Virgen de la Arrixaca”, Murcia, Spain
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  • Salvador Zamora, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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  • Olga Moreiras, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Received 1 August 2007 ,Accepted 4 January 2008.

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 This study was supported by the Social Action Institute of Murcia, Murcia Region Government, Spain.

PII: S0899-9007(08)00029-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.01.006

Nutrition
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 414-420 , May 2008

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