High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant saudi women

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Al Faris, Nora A ^a  

^a PRINCESS NOURAH BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Pregnancy; Saudi Arabia; Vitamin D; Women

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; MULTIVITAMIN; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SAUDI; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; DIET; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SUNLIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958045041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8020077     Document Type: Article

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