Maternal Preferences for Vitamin D Supplementation in Breastfed Infants
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Maternal Preferences for Vitamin D Supplementation in Breastfed Infants.
Daily vitamin D supplementation is recommended for breastfed infants, but alternative methods include enriching breast milk with vitamin D through maternal supplementation or intermittent high-dose vitamin D. We determined maternal preferences for vitamin D supplementation in 140 mothers with exclusively breastfed infants, and 44 who used both breast and formula milk. Only 101 (55%) supplemente...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Family Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1544-1709,1544-1717
DOI: 10.1370/afm.2016