Vitamin D sufficiency in pregnancy

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7902, 2013, Pages

  Lucas, Robyn ^a   Xiang, Fan ^a   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

BLOOD SAMPLING; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84876106792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1675     Document Type: Editorial

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