Vitamin D deficiency in the San Francisco bay area

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-208

  McAllister, Josephine C ^a   Lane, Alfred T ^b   Buckingham, Bruce A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Malnutrition; Rickets; Sunlight; Vitamin D efficiency

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECZEMA; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL BOSSING; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; RIGIDITY; SUN EXPOSURE; TONGUE DISEASE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33645534889     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.3.205     Document Type: Article

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