Is vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy advisable?

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9884, 2013, Pages 2143-2145

  Steer, Philip J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

BONE MINERAL; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRUG SAFETY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOTE; OSSIFICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84879225541     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60098-7     Document Type: Note

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