Vitamin D levels in Malawian infants from birth to 24 months

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-183

  Amukele, Timothy K ^a   Soko, Dean ^b   Katundu, Pauline ^b   Kamanga, Melvin ^b   Sun, Jin ^c   Kumwenda, Newton I ^c   Taha, Taha E ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MATERNAL PLASMA; MILK LEVEL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; STUNTING; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MILK, HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84874645966     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302377     Document Type: Article

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