Sunlight exposure and vitamin D status in breastfed infants

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 105-111

  Meena, Pinky ^a   Dabas, Aashima ^a   Shah, Dheeraj ^a   Malhotra, Rajeev Kumar ^a   Madhu, S V ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Rickets; Sun index; Treatment; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; SEASON; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; PHOTOTHERAPY;

BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85013176787     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-017-1010-9     Document Type: Article

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