Vitamin D deficiency in healthy breastfed term infants at 3 months & their mothers in India: Seasonal variation & determinants

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-273

  Jain, Vandana ^a   Gupta, Nandita ^a   Kalaivani, Mani ^b   Jain, Anurag ^a   Sinha, Aditi ^a   Agarwal, Ramesh ^a  

^a Maharaja Agrasen Hospital   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Infants; Lactating mothers; Rickets; Seasonal variation; Secondary hyperparathyroidism; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RICKETS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; WINTER; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79952949307     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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