Harriette chick and the problem of rickets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 827-832

  Carpenter, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

BERIBERI; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; REVIEW; RICKETS; SCURVY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HISTORY; NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALNUTRITION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RICKETS; VITAMINS;

EID: 42449085686     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.5.827     Document Type: Review

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