Longitudinal study of vitamin D status in the 1st 6 months of life

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-230

  Narchi, H ^a   Kochiyil, J ^a   Zayed, R ^b   Abdulrazzak, W ^b   Agarwal, M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Preventive Medicine Department   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79960568655     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000017     Document Type: Article

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