Prevalence of rickets-like bone deformities in rural Gambian children

Bone

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-5

  Jones, Helen L ^a,b   Jammeh, Lamin ^b   Owens, Stephen ^b,c   Fulford, Anthony J ^b,d   Moore, Sophie E ^b,d   Pettifor, John M ^e   Prentice, Ann ^a,b  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Calcium; Deformity; Rickets

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BOW LEG; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GAMBIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALGUS KNEE; WINDSWEPT DEFORMITY; ABNORMALITIES; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GAMBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RURAL POPULATION;

BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RICKETS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84928124530     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.04.011     Document Type: Article

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