Free vitamin D supplementation for every infant in Turkey [6]

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-374

  Hatun, Sükrü ^a   Bereket, Abdullah ^a   Özkan, Behzat ^a   Çopkun, Turgay ^a   Köse, Rýfat ^a   Çalýkoolu, Ali Süha ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; OSTEOMALACIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SUN EXPOSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; TURKEY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34047206118     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.113829     Document Type: Letter

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