Prevalence and risk factors of vitamin D deficiency rickets in Hokkaido, Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-562

  Matsuo, Kumihiro ^a   Mukai, Tokuo ^a   Suzuki, Shigeru ^a   Fujieda, Kenji ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary supplementation; Malnutrition; Rickets; Sunlight; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SPRING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 68349129950     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02834.x     Document Type: Article

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