Poor vitamin D supplementation in infants: Cross-sectional study of maternal practices and awareness of vitamin D supplementation in infants in Al-Ahsa, Eastern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-71

  Alramdhan, Abdullah M ^a   El Zubair, Ahmed G ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84893119358     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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