Vitamin D and calcium status in urban children attending an ambulatory clinic service in the United Arab Emirates

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-43

  Rajah, Jaishen ^a   Haq, Afrozul ^a   Pettifor, John M ^b  

^a SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Calcium status; Children; Rickets; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84863700644     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.18250     Document Type: Article

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