Studying the relation between V.D. deficiency and antioxidant status in urban ricketic Egyptian infants and preschool children

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2847-2851

  El Khayat, Hamed ^a   El Wakkad, Amany ^b   Emam, Ehab Khairy ^a   Ibrahim, Saadia ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Rickets; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845441951     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.2847.2851     Document Type: Article

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