Vitamin D status of term exclusively breastfed infants and their mothers from India

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1671-1674

  Agarwal, N ^a   Faridi, M M A ^a,c   Aggarwal, A ^a   Singh, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

25 OH Vitamin D; Exclusive breastfeeding; Infants; Rickets; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MOTHERS; PHOSPHORUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 78649757205     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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