Vitamin D deficiency - It's more than rickets

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 422-423

  Greer, Frank R ^a,b  

^a MERITER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SUN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0242361745     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0022-3476(03)00465-7     Document Type: Editorial

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