Epidemiology of vitamin D deficiency in children presenting to a pediatric orthopaedic service in the UK

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 798-802

  Davies, Justin H ^a   Reed, Joseph M ^b   Blake, Elizabeth ^c   Mrcpch, Max Priesemann ^a   Jackson, Alan A ^c   Clarke, Nicholas M P ^d  

^a Pediatric Endocrinology   (United Kingdom)

^b Trauma and Orthopaedics   (United Kingdom)

^c Biomedical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Orthopaedics; Prevalence; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PAIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80053068681     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31822f1af1     Document Type: Article

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