Pediatric vitamin D and calcium nutrition in developing countries

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-192

  Fischer, Philip R ^a   Thacher, Tom D ^a   Pettifor, John M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calcium; Nutrition; Rickets; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RICKETS; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 49349100276     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-008-9085-1     Document Type: Review

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