Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  De Regil, Luz Maria ^a   Palacios, Cristina ^b   Lombardo, Lia K ^c   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^d  

^a MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; MINERAL; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM INTAKE; VITAMIN;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEPHRITIS; NEWBORN DEATH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CALCIUM INTAKE; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CALCIUM, DIETARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84963941810     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008873.pub3     Document Type: Review

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