Vitamin d deficiency in children in Jerusalem: The need for updating the recommendation for supplementation

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 333-338

  Korchia, Gerard ^a   Amitai, Yona ^a,b   Moshe, Galit ^b   Korchia, Levana ^a   Tenenbaum, Ariel ^a,c   Rosenblum, Joseph ^a   Schechter, Avi ^a  

^a Leumit Research Institue   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D (25 OHD); Children; Deficiency; Hypovitaminosis; Supplementation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SUN EXPOSURE; TODDLER; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84881521250     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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