A major health problem facing immigrant children: nutritional rickets

E Kurnaz, S Çetinkaya, S Elmaoğulları… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Objectives Nutritional rickets (NR) is still an important problem and one which increasing
influxes of immigrants are further exacerbating. This study evaluated cases of mostly …

Nutritional rickets in Turkish and refugee children aged 0-2: an increasing problem despite vitamin D prophylaxis

İ Dündar, MA Büyükavcı - The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 - turkjpediatr.org
Background. Nutritional rickets (NR) is still a major problem and is exacerbated by an
increasing influx of immigrants. In this study, Turkish and immigrant cases followed with the …

Rickets in Asian immigrants during puberty

E Torné - Anales Espanoles de Pediatria, 2002 - europepmc.org
Rickets usually occurs in the first two years of life and in puberty since metabolic demand is
increased due to rapid growth in these two critical periods of life, when peak bone mass is …

Raquitismo en inmigrantes asiáticos en período puberal

MB Alcaina, NL Segura, RB Anglerill, SH Pérez… - Anales de …, 2002 - Elsevier
Rickets usually occurs in the first two years of life and in puberty since metabolic demand is
increased due to rapid growth in these two critical periods of life, when peak bone mass is …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional rickets in immigrant and refugee children

TD Thacher, P Pludowski, NJ Shaw, MZ Mughal… - Public Health …, 2016 - Springer
Immigrant and refugee populations bring public health challenges to host nations. In the
current global refugee crisis, children are the most vulnerable subpopulation. Diseases that …

The re-emerging burden of rickets: a decade of experience from Sydney

PD Robinson, W Högler, ME Craig, CF Verge… - Archives of Disease in …, 2006 - adc.bmj.com
Aim: To define the demographics and clinical characteristics of cases presenting with
nutritional rickets to paediatric centres in Sydney, Australia. Methods: Retrospective …

Nutritional rickets with severe complications in Syrian and Iraqi refugee children

EA Acoglu, H Yucel, E Polat, S Senel - Indian Pediatrics, 2020 - Springer
We investigated the presence of nutritional rickets in Syrian and Iraqi refugee infants who
presented to hospital in Turkey in 2017. 25 (OH) D levels were examined in 77 refugee …

Nutritional Rickets Among Children: A Retrospective Study from Saudi Arabia

H Darraj, KM Hakami, R Maghrabi, N Bakri… - … Health, Medicine and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Nutritional rickets remains a significant concern in certain countries, with
increasing prevalence attributed to factors such as limited sunlight exposure and …

Nutritional rickets under 16 years: UK surveillance results

P Julies, RM Lynn, K Pall, M Leoni, A Calder… - Archives of Disease in …, 2020 - adc.bmj.com
Objective The UK national incidence of nutritional rickets is unknown. We aimed to describe
the incidence, presentation and clinical management of children under 16 years with …

[PDF][PDF] Nutritional rickets among children in a sun rich country

A Bener, GF Hoffmann - International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2010 - Springer
Objective. This study describes the magnitude and characteristics of nutritional rickets and
associated risk factors among children in Qatar. Subjects. A consecutive sample of 730 …