A comparison of vitamin D levels in two antenatal populations in regional Western Australia: 'Tjindoo Ba Thonee Thurra'*: Sunshine for the pregnant belly

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 141-144

  Willix, Clare ^a,b   Rasmussen, Sandra ^c   Evans, Sharon ^a   Walshe, Veronica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b South West Aboriginal Medical Service ^*  (Australia)

^c Midwife Narrogin Hospital Boodjarri Yorga program   (Australia)

^d Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Geographic locations; Pregnancy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924604989     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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