High prevalence of asymptomatic vitamin D and iron deficiency in East African immigrant children and adolescents living in a temperate climate

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1088-1093

  McGillivray, George ^b,d   Skull, Susan A ^a,b,c,d   Davie, Gabrielle ^b,c   Kofoed, Sarah E ^d   Frydenberg, Alexis ^d   Rice, James ^d   Cooke, Regina ^d   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,b,c,d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VICTORIA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 36849039436     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.112813     Document Type: Article

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