Incidence and characteristics of Vitamin D deficiency rickets in New Zealand children: A New Zealand Paediatric Surveillance Unit study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 380-383

  Wheeler, Benjamin J ^a,b   Dickson, Nigel P ^a   Houghton, Lisa A ^c   Ward, Leanne M ^d   Taylor, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHERN DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypocalcaemia; rickets; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; VITAMIN D;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84938577307     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12390     Document Type: Article

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