Rickets in Glasgow Pakistanis.

Prevention of rickets in Asian children: assessment of the Glasgow campaign.

In March 1979 the Greater Glasgow Health Board launched a campaign to reduce the high prevalence of rickets in Asian children in the city. A precampaign survey had shown that voluntary low dose vitamin D supplementation would reduce the prevalence of rickets in Asian children. A survey carried out two and three years after the launch of the official campaign also showed a reduction in the preva...

Tuberculosis in Pakistanis in Bradford.

In 1954 it became noticeable that Asians had started to settle and form a colony in the central wards of the City of Bradford. Since 1954 this colony has steadily increased in size-so much so that their presence is obvious to any visitor to the city. It was during 1954 that Asians with tuberculosis were first seen at the Bradford Chest Clinic. The clinical impression at the time was that pulmon...

High Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Pakistanis in Norway Compared to Pakistanis in Pakistan

Objectives. Previous studies have shown that the Norwegian-Pakistanis had considerably higher prevalence for diabetes and obesity compared to Norwegians. We studied the additional risk of obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension among Pakistanis in Norway compared to Pakistanis living in Pakistan. Method. 770 Norwegian-Pakistani adults (53.9% men and 46.1% women) born in Pakistan from two survey...

Rickets in Tehranian Children: Occurance of Chronic Sinusitis and Giardiosis in Late Rickets

SUMMARY A review of out patients diagnosed with rickets during last one and half year revealed 135 cases of rickets among totally 1550 patients refered to our pediatric infectious clinics. Diagnosis were made by the clinical, biochemical, radiological and pathological findings. All the patients were treated by Vit D as needed, follow up examinations were done at least for 6m. We could not see ...

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