Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 283-289 , March 2010

Comparative 25-OH-vitamin D level in institutionalized women older than 65 years from two cities in Spain and Argentina having a similar solar radiation index

  • María Luz Pita Martin Portela, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Amália Mónico, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, ETSEA, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
    • ,
  • Antonieta Barahona, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, ETSEA, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
    • ,
  • Hernan Dupraz, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Macarena Maria Sol Gonzales-Chaves, D.D.S.

      Affiliations

    • Sección Osteopatias Médicas, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Susana Noemi Zeni, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Sección Osteopatias Médicas, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel/.fax: +541-159-508-972.

Received 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by grants from the National Council for Scientific and Technology Research (CONICET, Argentina), University of Buenos Aires (UBACyT, Argentina), and Lleida University (Spain).

PII: S0899-9007(09)00220-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.04.022

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 283-289 , March 2010

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