Vitamin D &/or calcium deficiency rickets in infants & children: A global perspective

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-249

  Pettifor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Low calcium intake; Nutritional rickets; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; LATITUDE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 46649110977     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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