Prevalence and risk factors for vitamin D deficiency among mothers in labor and their newborns

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 60-65

  Al Mahroos, Fadheela T ^a   Al Sahlawi, Huda S ^b   Al Amer, Eshraq ^b   Mahmood, Naeema A ^a   Sandhu, Amarjit K ^a   Sharida, Huda ^a   Nagalla, Das S ^b   Jaradat, Ahmed A ^a   Jibrel, Salam O ^c   Bin Jamal, Shatha A S ^d   Al Haddad, Fatima A ^e  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b SMC   (Bahrain)

^c Bahrain Specialist Hospital   (Bahrain)

^d Bahrain International Hospital   (Bahrain)

^e SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MOTHER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84878503239     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0000524     Document Type: Article

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