High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women and their newborns in northern India.

By A. Sachan, Renu Gupta, V. Das, Anjoo Agarwal, P. K. Awasthi, V. Bhatia. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005

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