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Future health implications of prenatal and early-life vitamin D status
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posted on 2008-12-01, 00:00 authored by R Lucas, A L Ponsonby, Julie PascoJulie Pasco, R MorleyCurrent or recent low vitamin D status (or proxy measures such as dietary intake or ambient ultraviolet radiation) is linked to several chronic diseases, including osteoporosis, cancers, and cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. Low prenatal vitamin D status may also increase susceptibility to such diseases in later life via specific target organ effects and/or through changes to the developing immune system. Maternal vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy could be an important public health measure to decrease risk of a range of chronic diseases, but further research is required to clarify beneficial and adverse effects of high prenatal vitamin D.
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Nutrition reviewsVolume
66Issue
12Pagination
710 - 720Publisher
John Wiley & SonsLocation
Washington, D.C.Publisher DOI
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0029-6643eISSN
1753-4887Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2008, Wiley-BlackwellUsage metrics
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