Mother-child vitamin D deficiency: An international perspective

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 737-740

  Dawodu, Adekunle ^a,c   Wagner, Carol L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETS; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RICKETS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34548496045     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.122689     Document Type: Review

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