Implications of standardization of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D data for the evaluation of vitamin D status in Germany, including a temporal analysis

• Main Authors: Martina Rabenberg (Author), Christa Scheidt-Nave (Author), Markus A. Busch (Author), Michael Thamm (Author), Nina Rieckmann (Author), Ramón A. Durazo-Arvizu (Author), Kirsten G. Dowling (Author), Zuzana Škrabáková (Author), Kevin D. Cashman (Author), Christopher T. Sempos (Author), Gert B. M. Mensink (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Comparability of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) measurements is hampered by method-related differences in measurement values. International standardization of laboratory assays has been suggested to solve this problem. Methods As part of the European Commission-funded project ...