We are what we eat - is it time to reconsider calcium-deficiency rickets in Nigeria? (FA)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 408-410

  Sharp, Christopher A ^a   Magnusson, Per ^a   Davie, Michael W J ^b   Oginni, Lawrence M ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Calcium deficiency; Gut microbiota; Nutrition; Rickets

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM INTAKE;

BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY RICKETS; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALABSORPTION; NIGERIA; RICKETS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; DEFICIENCY; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NIGERIA; RICKETS;

EID: 84924273676     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12444     Document Type: Editorial

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