American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 5 , Pages 436.e1-436.e8 , May 2010

Vitamin D insufficiency in pregnant and nonpregnant women of childbearing age in the United States

  • Adit A. Ginde, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Adit A. Ginde, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine, 12401 E. 17th Ave., B-215, Aurora, CO 80045
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  • Ashley F. Sullivan, MS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Jonathan M. Mansbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Carlos A. Camargo Jr, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 16 June 2009 ,Revised 10 August 2009 ,Accepted 18 November 2009.

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 Dr Ginde was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant KL2 RR025779; Dr Mansbach, by NIH Grant K23 AI077801; and Dr Camargo, by the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for D-receptor Activation Research. The sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.

 Cite this article as: Ginde AA, Sullivan AF, Mansbach JM, et al. Vitamin D insufficiency in pregnant and nonpregnant women of childbearing age in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:436.e1-8.

PII: S0002-9378(09)02210-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.11.036

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 5 , Pages 436.e1-436.e8 , May 2010

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