Nutritional rickets in immigrant and refugee children

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Thacher, Tom D ^a   Pludowski, Pawel ^b   Shaw, Nick J ^c   Mughal, M Zulf ^d   Munns, Craig F ^e   Högler, Wolfgang ^c,f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Metabolic bone; Nutrition; Pediatric; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

AFRICA; BONE BOWING; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MIDDLE EAST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL RICKETS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RICKETS; SEIZURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH ASIA; STUNTING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84992206493     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40985-016-0018-3     Document Type: Review

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