Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and childhood bone mass at age 9 years: a longitudinal study.

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D insufficiency is common in women of childbearing age and increasing evidence suggests that the risk of osteoporotic fracture in adulthood could be determined partly by environmental factors during intrauterine and early postnatal life. We investigated the effect of maternal vit...

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Main Authors: Javaid, M, Crozier, SR, Harvey, N, Gale, C, Dennison, E, Boucher, B, Arden, N, Godfrey, K, Cooper, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006