Open AccessVitamin D status of school children in and around Guwahati
Author(s) -
Debajit Sarma,
Uma Kaimal Saikia,
Abhamoni Baro
Publication year - 2019
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/ijem.ijem_552_18
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , parathyroid hormone , context (archaeology) , calcium , alkaline phosphatase , cross sectional study , rickets , observational study , vitamin , physiology , endocrinology , environmental health , biology , pathology , biochemistry , enzyme , paleontology
Peripubertal and adolescent children are vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency as this is the period of rapid skeletal growth.