Low prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency among nepalese infants despite high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency among their mothers

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Haugen, Johanne ^a,b   Ulak, Manjeswori ^c   Chandyo, Ram K ^c   Henjum, Sigrun ^d   Thorne Lyman, Andrew L ^e,f,g   Ueland, Per Magne ^b,h   Midtun, Øivind ^b,h   Shrestha, Prakash S ^c   Strand, Tor A ^a,b,i  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h BEVITAL AS   (Norway)

ⁱ INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Infants; Lactating mothers; Nepal; Season; Vitamin D status

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEPALESE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; BODY MASS; LACTATION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007087203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8120825     Document Type: Article

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