Counseling about vitamin D supplementation for infants: Results of a survey of pediatric and family medicine physicians in Connecticut

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-137

  Silk, Hugh ^a   Thiede, Sara ^b   Trojian, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Trinity College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONNECTICUT; COUNSELING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33847784223     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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