Maternal vitamin d status and its related factors in pregnant women in Bangkok, Thailand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Pratumvinit, Busadee ^a   Wongkrajang, Preechaya ^a   Wataganara, Tuangsit ^b   Hanyongyuth, Sithikan ^a   Nimmannit, Akarin ^a   Chatsiricharoenkul, Somruedee ^a   Manonukul, Kotchamol ^a   Reesukumal, Kanit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHINA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; THAILAND; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940203657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131126     Document Type: Article

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