Vitamin D testing in pregnancy: Does one size fit all?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-155

  Davies Tuck, Miranda ^a,b   Yim, Cheryl ^c   Knight, Michelle ^c   Hodges, Ryan ^b   Doery, James C G ^c   Wallace, Euan ^a,b,c  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

pregnancy; pregnancy outcomes; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EAST ASIAN; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPRING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; YOUNG ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928823609     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12278     Document Type: Article

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