Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy - still a public health issue

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-30

  Mcaree, Trixie ^a   Jacobs, Benjamin ^a   Manickavasagar, Thubeena ^b   Sivalokanathan, Suganthinie ^b   Brennan, Lauren ^c   Bassett, Paul ^d   Rainbow, Sandra ^a   Blair, Mitch ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Statsconsultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deficiency insufficiency; Pregnancy; Public health; Supplementation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SKIN COLOR; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84871012833     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12014     Document Type: Article

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