Calcium deficiency and causation of rickets in Ethiopian children

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-159

  Belachew, T ^a,b   Nida, H ^a   Getaneh, T ^a   Woldemariam, D ^a   Getinet, W ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RICKETS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 26944435599     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i3.9273     Document Type: Article

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