title: Incidence of symptomatic vitamin D deficiency.
abstract: A survey of West Midlands paediatricians in 2001 identified 24 cases of symptomatic vitamin D deficiency in children less than 5 years of age. The overall incidence was 7.5 per 100,000 children per year with notable differences in incidence per ethnic group.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Callaghan
authors.forename: R J D
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Moy
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Debelle
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014900:West Indies / Q000208:ethnology