Vitamin D deficiency rickets and osteomalacia in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-290

  Weisman, Yosef ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Osteomalacia; Rickets; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PHYTATE; VITAMIN D;

AFRICA; BOY; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHELATION; DELIVERY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ETHIOPIA; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GIRL; GRAIN; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; ISRAEL; LACTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOMALACIA; PLACENTA; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ARABS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; OSTEOMALACIA; RICKETS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0038134855     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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