High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Background Deficiencies of micronutrients can affect the growth and development of children. There is increasing evidence of vitamin D deficiency world-wide resulting in nutritional rickets in children and osteoporosis in adulthood. Data on the micronutrient status of children in Malaysia is limite...

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Main Authors: Khor, Geok Lin, Chee, Winnie S S, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Poh, Bee K, Arumugam, Mohan, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Theobald, Hannah E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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