High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women and their newborns in northern India

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1060-1064

  Sachan, Alok ^a   Gupta, Renu ^b   Das, Vinita ^b   Agarwal, Anjoo ^b   Awasthi, Pradeep K ^a   Bhatia, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dietary calcium; Newborn; Osteomalacia; Parathyroid hormone; Pregnancy; Sunlight; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; OSTEOMALACIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; FETUS BLOOD; HEALTH; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; OSTEOMALACIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SUNLIGHT; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 20544448275     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.5.1060     Document Type: Article

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