Rickets and osteomalacia: A call for action to protect immigrants and ethnic risk groups

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e229-e230

  Högler, Wolfgang ^a   Munns, Craig F ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; CALCIUM INTAKE;

BONE MALFORMATION; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EUROPE; FALL RISK; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OSTEOMALACIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; RICKETS; SEIZURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FORTIFIED FOOD; MIGRANT; RISK FACTOR;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; OSTEOMALACIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84962609498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00061-9     Document Type: Note

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