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Vitamin D status during pregnancy: a role in intergenerational reproductive health?

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Dr. Christine Langton was supported by the NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The authors declare that no other funds, grants, or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. Division of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 1620 Tremont Street, OBC-3, Boston, MA, 02120, USA

    Alexandra C. Purdue-Smithe

  2. Women’s Health Group, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

    Christine R. Langton

  3. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    JoAnn E. Manson

  4. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

    JoAnn E. Manson

  5. Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    JoAnn E. Manson

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Purdue-Smithe, A.C., Langton, C.R. & Manson, J.E. Vitamin D status during pregnancy: a role in intergenerational reproductive health?. Eur J Epidemiol 38, 465–467 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-023-01011-6

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