Vitamin D Status in Healthy Free-Living Elderly Men and Women Living in Québec, CanadaFootnote

Related paper presentations: These findings were presented at a conference in Toronto on May 29, 2008, at the CSCN–CSNS Annual Scientific Meeting (Canadian Society for Clinical Nutrition–Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences); Barake R, Weiler H, Payette H, Gray-Donald K. Predictors and consequences of vitamin D status. Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism 2008,33(3):606 (Abstract).

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Funding sources: Funding for this research has been provided by the Dairy Farmers of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR).

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest of any form with respect to this manuscript.

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