Vitamin D status, growth, and pneumonia in a pediatric Andean population

Vitamin D is known to benefit skeletal bone health and prevent rickets in children. Limited evidence exists to support a role of vitamin D in linear growth and stunting, especially in children at high risk for growth faltering, e.g. undernourished low socio-economic status children <5 years. Als...

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Main Author: Mokhtar, Rana Redha
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16742