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> From: Tina Harris <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: question
> Date: 19 October 1999 10:09
>
> A good review article appears in MIDIRS: Hey E (1998) Vitamin K, the
debate
> continues MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 8:2 234-237. Several references there
to
> start you off.
> Tina Harris
>
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> > From: Edwin van Teijlingen <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: FW: question
> > Date: 18 October 1999 17:25
> >
> > Can someone be of help with a reference on vit. K for this American
> > colleague?
> > Edwin R. van Teijlingen
> > Lecturer in Public Health
> > Admission Selector and co-ordinator BSc Health Sciences
> > Department of Public Health
> > Medical School
> > University of Aberdeen
> > ABERDEEN AB25 2ZD
> >
> > tel: +44 (0) 1224 663123 ext 52491
> > fax: +44 (0) 1224 662994
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Webpage B.Sc. Health Sciences:
> > http://www.abdn.ac.uk/public_health/phteach/phbsc.htmi
> > University of Aberdeen Clearing page: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/clearing
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >
> >
> > Hi -
> > I have a question I'm hoping someone can help me with. When I was
taking
> my
> > last maternal and child nutrition program, I remember our professor
> talking
> > about vitamin K that is given to newborns. She mentioned that in the
UK,
> > about half the babies get vitamin K by injection, and the other half
> > receive it orally. Follow up studies apparently showed that the kids
who
> > received the injection had a higher incidence of childhood leukemia. I
> > can't seem to find any reference on this, and that particular professor
> is
> > out of the country at this time. Has anyone heard or seen anything
> related
> > to this issue?
> > Thanks-
> > Maureen Spence, MS, RD
> >
> >
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