Open AccessVitamin D deficiency in children living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Maha Mansour,
Khaled M Alhadidi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.93746
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin d and neurology , asymptomatic , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , rickets , alkaline phosphatase , gastroenterology , elevated alkaline phosphatase , vitamin , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , optics , enzyme
Vitamin D deficiency is an unrecognized epidemic and a common health problem worldwide. This study was conducted to evaluate the vitamin D status in children living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and to study its relation to various variables.