Vitamin D and tonsil disease - Preliminary observations

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-264

  Reid, David ^a,b   Morton, Randall ^a,b   Salkeld, Lesley ^a   Bartley, Jim ^a,b  

^a Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Iron; Tonsil hypertrophy; Tonsillitis; Vitamin D; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IRON; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN COLOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 78650982187     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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