Vitamin D inadequacy in pregnancy: Biology, outcomes, and interventions

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 465-477

  Dror, Daphna K ^a   Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inadequacy; Pregnancy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FETUS OUTCOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADAPTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77956628521     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00306.x     Document Type: Review

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