Vitamin D deficiency and its health consequences in Africa

Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-106

  Prentice, Ann ^a   Schoenmakers, Inez ^a   Jones, Kerry S ^b   Jarjou, Landing M A ^b   Goldberg, Gail R ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Calcium intake; Children; Osteomalacia; Rickets; Sunlight; Vitamin D status; Vitamin D turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872118413     PISSN: 15348644     EISSN: 15590119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12018-009-9038-6     Document Type: Article

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