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- Title
High prevalence of asymptomatic vitamin D and iron deficiency in East African immigrant children and adolescents living in a temperate climate.
- Authors
McGillivray, George; Skull, Susan A; Davie, Gabrielle; Kofoed, Sarah E; Frydenberg, Alexis; Rice, James; Cooke, Regina; Carapetis, Jonathan R
- Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is common in immigrant children with increased skin pigmentation living in higher latitudes. We assessed the pattern of and risk factors for VDD in immigrant East African children living in Melbourne (latitude 37 degrees 49' South).
- Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 2007, Vol 92, Issue 12, p1088
- ISSN
1468-2044
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/adc.2006.112813