Vitamin D deficiency and associated factors in south Korean childbearing women: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Yanghee Pang (Author), Oksoo Kim (Author), Jung-Ah Choi (Author), Heeja Jung (Author), Jui Kim (Author), Haeok Lee (Author), Hyangkyu Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Adequate levels of vitamin D are important for women of childbearing age as vitamin D helps maintain the pregnancy and ensures proper maternal and fetal bone metabolism and fetal skeletal development. However, vitamin D deficiency is a health problem prevalent in women of all age...