High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

BACKGROUND: Deficiencies of micronutrients can affect the growth and development of children. There is increasing evidence of vitamin D deficiency world-wide resulting in nutritional rickets in children and osteoporosis in adulthood. Data on the micronutrient status of children in Malaysia is limite...

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Autores principales: Khor, Geok L, Chee, Winnie SS, Shariff, Zalilah M, Poh, Bee K, Arumugam, Mohan, Rahman, Jamalludin A, Theobald, Hannah E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3045951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21310082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-95

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