[The AD-drops can be replaced by D-drops].
Since 1932, when vitamin A and D supplementation, in the form of cod liver oil, was introduced in Sweden, rickets has been a rare diagnosis among Swedish infants. In 1978, the National Board of Health and Welfare issued recommendations of daily supplementation with 300 micrograms (1000 IU) of vitamin A and 10 micrograms (400 IU) of vitamin D. This has recently been under review by the Paediatric Committee on Nutrition and Health, of the Swedish Paediatric Association and the National Food Administration, who concluded that there is no reason to retain vitamin A supplementation, but that vitamin D supplementation should continue to be recommended at the same daily dose (400 IU).
Axelsson
I
I
Barn- och ungdomscentrum, Universitetssjukhuset MAS, Malmö.
Gebre-Medhin
M
M
Hernell
O
O
Jakobsson
I
I
Michaelsen
K F
KF
Samuelson
G
G
D002675:Child, Preschool; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000517:prevention & control
D014801:Vitamin A; D014807:Vitamin D
AD-dropparna kan ersättas med D-droppar.