Vitamin D status during pregnancy and aspects of offspring health

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-407

  Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a   Lucas, Robyn M ^b   Lewis, Sharon ^a   Halliday, Jane ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Offspring health; Pregnancy; Sun exposure; Ultraviolet radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPSY; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 79952016038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2030389     Document Type: Review

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