Meat consumption reduces the risk of nutritional rickets and osteomalacia

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 983-991

  Dunnigan, Matthew G ^a   Henderson, Janet B ^b   Hole, David J ^c   Mawer, E Barbara ^d   Berry, Jacqueline L ^d  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian rickets; Nutritional rickets; Osteomalacic risk factors; Rachitic risk factors

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OSTEOMALACIA; RELIGION; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUNLIGHT; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ISLAM; LIGHT; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMALACIA; RICKETS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 30744469608     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051558     Document Type: Article

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