Do health visitors advise mothers about vitamin supplementation for their infants in line with government recommendations to help prevent rickets?

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-208

  Cleghorn, Shelley ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Government recommendations; Infants and children; Rickets; Vitamin D; Vitamin supplements

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; NEGRO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RICKETS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33748465917     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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