Effects of ethnicity and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D status and changes in bone mineral content in infants
Abrams SA, Hawthorne KM, Rogers SP, Hicks PD, Carpenter TO. Effects of ethnicity and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D status and changes in bone mineral content in infants. BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12: 6. PMID: 22248486, PMCID: PMC3271033, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone mineral contentBone mineral densityVitamin D supplementationD supplementationVitamin DHispanic infantsDaily vitamin D intakeCaucasian infantsIU/dayVitamin D intakeVitamin D3 supplementationVitamin D statusMonths of lifeNon-Hispanic CaucasiansD intakeD statusD3 supplementationSupplementation interventionsBone healthCord serumMineral densityInfantsFirst monthFirst weekBone mineralization