Severe vitamin D deficiency in 6 Canadian First Nation formula-fed infants

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gross, Melissa L ^a   Tenenbein, Milton ^b   Sellers, Elizabeth A C ^b  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

First Nation; Hypocalcaemia; Infant; Seizures; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL;

ARCTIC; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CANADA; COMPLICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; INUIT; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CANADA; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84876263404     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20244     Document Type: Article

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