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

Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Apr;4(4):e229-30. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00061-9.

Authors

Wolfgang Högler¹, Craig F Munns²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Birmingham Children's Hospital, and Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 27013305
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00061-9

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Calcium, Dietary / administration & dosage
Emigrants and Immigrants*
Ethnicity*
Europe
Food, Fortified*
Humans
Osteomalacia / ethnology
Osteomalacia / prevention & control*
Public Health
Rickets / ethnology
Rickets / prevention & control*
Risk Factors
Vitamin D / administration & dosage

Substances

Calcium, Dietary
Vitamin D