Vitamin D levels in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Far North Queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-394

  Bendall, Alexa ^a   De Costa, Caroline ^b   Woods, Cindy ^b   Howat, Paul ^a  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Far North Queensland; pregnancy; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864653806     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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