Prevention of rickets in Asian children: assessment of the Glasgow campaign
| Autor: | J B Henderson, G R Sutherland, W B McIntosh, M.G. Dunnigan, B. M. Glekin, D Sumner |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Asia Adolescent Rickets medicine Vitamin D and neurology Humans Vitamin D Child General Environmental Science High prevalence Vitamin d supplementation business.industry Low dose General Engineering Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Alkaline Phosphatase Infant newborn Health Surveys El Niño Scotland Child Preschool General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female Health board business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | British medical journal (Clinical research ed.). 291(6490) |
| ISSN: | 0267-0623 |
| Popis: | 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 prevalence of rickets in children taking low dose supplements equivalent to about 2.5 micrograms (100 IU) vitamin D daily. There was a considerable reduction in the total prevalence of rickets in this survey compared with the precampaign survey. Hospital discharges of Asian children with rickets declined rapidly after the start of the campaign. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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