Open Access<p>Effect of Pandemic-Related Confinement on Vitamin D Status Among Children Aged 0–6 Years in Guangzhou, China: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Li Yu,
Hai Jin Ke,
Di Che,
Shao Lan Luo,
Yong Guo,
Jie Wu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s282495
Subject(s) - vitamin d deficiency , vitamin d and neurology , medicine , covid-19 , sunlight , sun exposure , pandemic , cross sectional study , pediatrics , demography , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , dermatology , astronomy , sociology , pathology
Pandemic-related confinement helps to contain the transmission of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but restricts children's exposure to sunlight, thereby possibly affecting their 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels. This study aimed to examine the effect of COVID-19 measures on 25(OH)D levels in children.