Vitamin D at term of pregnancy and during lactation in white and black women living in Northern Italy

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Gaggero, M ^a   Mariani, L ^a   Guarino, R ^b   Patrucco, G ^c   Ballardini, G ^a   Boscardini, L ^a   Barbaglia, M ^a   Bello, L ^a   Guala, A ^a  

^a Castelli Hospital   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Taormina   (Italy)

^c SANT'ANDREA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lactation; Pregnancy; Rickets; Skin pigmentation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LACTATION; LATITUDE; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77954722326     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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