Vitamin D status and its predictive factors in pregnancy in 2 Australian populations
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2011
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Perampalam, Sumathy
Ganda, Kirtan
Chow, Kerri-Anne
Opie, Nicole
Hickman, Peter
Shadbolt, Bruce
Hennessy, Annemarie
Grunstein, Harry
Nolan, Christopher
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Background: High prevalence rates of suboptimal vitamin D levels have been observed in women who are not considered 'at risk'. The effect of behavioural factors such as sun exposure, attire, sunscreen use and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D levels
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Keywords: colecalciferol; vitamin D; adult; article; Australia; behavior; body mass; Caucasian; cross-sectional study; ethnicity; female; human; major clinical study; population; pregnancy; pregnant woman; prenatal care; prevalence; priority journal; summer; sun ex predictive factors; pregnancy; screening; supplementation; vitamin D deficiency
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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