High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women: A national cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a   Amsalkhir, Sihame ^b   van Oyen, Herman ^a   Moreno Reyes, Rodrigo ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BELGIAN; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOTION; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SPRING; SUMMER; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INSUFFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84865286549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043868     Document Type: Article

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