Persistence of vitamin D-deficiency rickets in Toronto in the 1990s

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 227-230

  Binet, Ann ^a   Kooh, Sang Whay ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE MALFORMATION; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LIMB MALFORMATION; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RICKETS; SEIZURE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONTARIO; RICKETS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0029820568     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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