Routine screening for vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy: Past its due date?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 332-333

  Ebeling, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; GLUCOSE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; SCREENING TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 79955513695     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb02999.x     Document Type: Editorial

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