Vitamin D-deficiency rickets among children in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-166

  Ward, Leanne M ^a   Gaboury, Isabelle ^a   Ladhani, Moyez ^b   Zlotkin, Stanley ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUN EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D RESISTANT RICKETS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 34547167458     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.061377     Document Type: Article

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