Background: Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional
rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of …

The prevalence of clinical vitamin D deficiency (rickets and osteomalacia) is high in many
parts of the world, and there is a resurgence of rickets among children of ethnic minority …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source
dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant …

This book is entirely devoted to the study of children's skeletons from archaeological and
forensic contexts. It provides an extensive review of the osteological methods and theoretical …

Abstract Purpose of Review Nutritional rickets and osteomalacia are common in dark-
skinned and migrant populations. Their global incidence is rising due to changing …

Mineral and bone metabolism are regulated differently in utero compared with the adult. The
fetal kidneys, intestines, and skeleton are not dominant sources of mineral supply for the …

Rickets, historically referred to as" the English disease", is common worldwide. Absence of
phosphate at the growth plate and mineralising bone surfaces due to inadequate vitamin D …

The field of vitamin D public health research has a pressing need to define sensitive and
specific predictors of vitamin D status that can be used to determine whether an individual or …

Nutritional rickets is a major public health problem in many countries of the world. The
disease is characterized by deformities of the long bones, enlargement of the wrists and …