Rickets: An overview and future directions, with special reference to Bangladesh: A Summary of the Rickets Convergence Group Meeting, Dhaka, 26-27 January 2006

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-121

  Craviari, Thierry ^a   Pettifor, John M ^b   Thacher, Tom D ^c   Meisner, Craig ^d   Arnaud, Josiane ^e   Fischer, Philip R ^f  

^a Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bones; Calcium; Calcium deficiency; Child; Epidemiology; Ossification; Rickets; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

BANGLADESH; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

BANGLADESH; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 45749144338     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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