High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among women of child-bearing age in Lahore Pakistan, associating with lack of sun exposure and illiteracy

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D status is a key determinant of maternal and neonatal health. Deficiency has been reported to be common in Pakistani women, but information regarding environmental and genetic determinants of vitamin D status is lacking in this population. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional...

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Autores principales: Junaid, Kashaf, Rehman, Abdul, Jolliffe, David A., Wood, Kristie, Martineau, Adrian R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4603642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26458880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-015-0242-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4603642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26458880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-015-0242-x

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