The importance of vitamin D in maternal and child health: A global perspective

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Fiscaletti, M ^a   Stewart, P ^a   Munns, C F ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxycholecalciferol; Child health; Global public health; Maternal health; Nutritional rickets; Review; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D BLOOD LEVEL; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSTEOMALACIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 85049413127     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40985-017-0066-3     Document Type: Review

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