title: The "Got D'ViBE?" study: an inter-institutional project assessing vitamin D and mammographic breast density.
abstract: A multi-institutional collaboration was forged to implement a study of the relationship between Vitamin D and breast density among medically underserved women. This effort resulted in techniques to measure vitamin D levels, breast density, and sunlight exposure. Outcomes from this collaboration may provide insight to researchers conducting similar investigations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA.
authors.forename: Toni J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: Corey D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Anthony C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Disher
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Riddle
authors.forename: Alecia Malin
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fair
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008327:Mammography; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012307:Risk Factors; D013472:Sunlight; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D