Developing indigenous therapeutic calcium supplementation for treating nutritional rickets

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-14

  Dabas, Aashima G ^a   Khadgawat, Rajesh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ARSENIC; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LEAD; LIMESTONE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHYTATE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BANGLADESH; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CATABOLISM; CEREAL; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MIDDLE EAST; NIGERIAN; NORTH AFRICA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL RICKETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RICKETS; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; SEA FOOD;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETS;

EID: 84937517206     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.012     Document Type: Editorial

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