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

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

Abstract Vitamin D and calcium are important nutrients for skeletal growth and bone health. Children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency (VDD). VDD, with or without dietary calcium deficiency, can lead to nutritional rickets (NR), osteomalacia, and distu...

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Main Authors: M Fiscaletti, P Stewart, CF Munns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Public Health Reviews
Subjects:
Vitamin D
25-Hydroxycholecalciferol
Vitamin D deficiency
Nutritional rickets
Review
Maternal health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40985-017-0066-3

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