Vitamin D supplementation: We must not fail our children!

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 18, 2015, Pages

  Drury, Rosalyn ^a   Rehm, Andreas ^a   Johal, Simran ^a   Nadler, Robert ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; AWARENESS; CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84959547499     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000817     Document Type: Article

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