Vitamin D status of socioeconomically deprived children in Kabul, Afghanistan

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-20

  Manaseki Holland, Semira ^a,b   Mughal, M Zulf ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar ^d   Shams, M Qasem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b House No 648 ^*  (Afghanistan)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Children less than 5 years; Vitamin D concentrations; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AFGHANISTAN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 48749113861     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.78.1.16     Document Type: Article

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