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Vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups

Public health guideline [PH56] Published: 26 November 2014 Last updated: 30 August 2017

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References

Jessiman T, Cameron A, Wiggins M et al. (2013) A qualitative study of uptake of free vitamins in England. Archives of Disease in Childhood 98: 587–91

McGee E, Shaw N (2013) Vitamin D supplementation: Putting recommendations into practice. Journal of Health Visiting 1 (3): 138–43

Moonan M, Hanratty B, Whitehead M (2012) Which is more effective, a universal or targeted approach, to implementing the National Healthy Start Programme? A mixed methods study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 66: A44–5

Pearce SHS, Cheetham TD (2010) Diagnosis and management of vitamin D deficiency. BMJ 340: b5664

Sattar N, Welsh P, Panarelli M et al. (2012) Increasing requests for vitamin D measurement: costly, confusing, and without credibility The Lancet 379 (9811): 95–6

Zipitis CS, Markides GA, Swann IL (2006) Vitamin D deficiency: prevention or treatment? Archives of Disease in Childhood 91: 1011–4


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