Hypovitaminosis D and vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breast-feeding infants and their mothers in summer: A justification for vitamin D supplementation of breast-feeding infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Dawodu, Adekunle ^a   Agarwal, Mukesh ^b   Hossain, Moshaddeque ^b   Kochiyil, Jose ^b   Zayed, Reem ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHATE BALANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0037326946     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2003.63     Document Type: Article

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