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. 2010 Oct;6(10):539-40.
doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.127.

Pediatrics: Supplements: when will vitamin D have its day in the sun?

Helen M Pappa, Catherine M Gordon

Pediatrics: Supplements: when will vitamin D have its day in the sun?

Helen M Pappa et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

Most breast-fed and many formula-fed infants in the USA have an inadequate daily intake of vitamin D—below the amounts recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)—according to the results of a study by Perrine et al. The majority of infants might, therefore, need daily vitamin supplementation to meet the 2008 AAP recommendation.

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