TY - JOUR T1 - Vitamin D deficiency in UK Asian families: activating a new concern JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 147 LP - 149 DO - 10.1136/adc.86.3.147 VL - 86 IS - 3 AU - N J Shaw AU - B R Pal Y1 - 2002/03/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/86/3/147.abstract N2 - Vitamin D has steroid hormonal effects which can produce clinical symptoms and signs unrelated to calcium homoeostasis. Its deficiency has been implicated as a risk factor for diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, and tuberculosis in Asians. In this review, the incidence, aetiology, prevention, and treatment of symptomatic vitamin D deficiency in childhood are considered. A renewed public health campaign is required in the UK to address the continuing problem of vitamin D deficiency in Asian families. ER -