“English Disease”: Historical Notes on Rickets, the Bone–Lung Link and Child Neglect Issues

Nutritional or classical rickets (here labeled as “rickets”) is a worldwide disease involving mostly infants and young children having inadequate sunlight exposure, often associated with a low dietary intake of Vitamin D. Rickets targets all layers of society independently of economic status with hi...

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Main Authors: Mingyong Zhang, Fan Shen, Anna Petryk, Jingfeng Tang, Xingzhen Chen, Consolato Sergi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/8/11/722