Vitamin D deficiency in immigrants
Vitamin D deficiency and rickets are more common in non-western immigrants and refugees than in the native population. Severe vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D <25 nmol/l) may occur in up to 50% of children and adults of non-western origin. They are not used to sunshine exposure due...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Bone Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187218300342 |