Determining the nutritional cause of rickets in children [1]

American Family Physician

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 470-471

  Thacher, Tom D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE;

BREAST MILK; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; DAIRY PRODUCT; HUMAN; LACTATION; LETTER; MILK; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; NOTE;

CALCIUM; HUMANS; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33847726731     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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