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Prevalence of rickets-like bone deformities in rural Gambian children
The aim of this study was to estimate the burden of childhood rickets-like bone deformity in a rural region of West Africa where rickets has been reported in association with a low calcium intake. A population-based survey of children aged 0.5–17.9 years living in the province of West Kiang, The Gam...
Autores principales: | Jones, Helen L., Jammeh, Lamin, Owens, Stephen, Fulford, Anthony J., Moore, Sophie E., Pettifor, John M., Prentice, Ann |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25871880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2015.04.011 |
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