Spatial distribution of calcium in food, water and soil and its possible influence on rickets disease in Northern Nigeria

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-512

  Hartmann, Lena ^a,b   Sponholz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Environmental cause study; Rickets

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER;

CALCIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAIZE; RICKETS; SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAIZE; NIGERIA; RICKETS; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY;

CALCIUM; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; RICKETS; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZEA MAYS;

KADUNA [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863200788     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-011-9440-0     Document Type: Article

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