Vitamin D nutrition of healthy schoolchildren from North India
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Vitamin D nutrition of healthy schoolchildren from North India
Methods Children referred to the pediatric endocrinology clinic for growth evaluation, interpretation of thyroid functions, concern regarding delayed puberty, etc and found to be normal were enrolled, as were their healthy siblings. Pubertal assessment, a food frequency questionnaire for calcium, sunlight exposures (minutes of sunshine exposure from 10 AM 4PM) and percentage of skin exposed wer...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1687-9856
DOI: 10.1186/1687-9856-2015-s1-p65