Low calcium intake and hypovitaminosis D in adolescent girls

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1045-

  Khadilkar, A ^a   Das, G ^b   Sayyad, M ^c   Sanwalka, N ^d   Bhandari, D ^d   Khadilkar, V ^a   Mughal, M Z ^e  

^a JEHANGIR HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Central Manchester Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Abeda Inamdar Senior College   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; INDIA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 35748948354     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.116376     Document Type: Letter

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