RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Vitamin D deficiency in UK Asian families: activating a new concern JF Archives of Disease in Childhood JO Arch Dis Child FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP 147 OP 149 DO 10.1136/adc.86.3.147 VO 86 IS 3 A1 N J Shaw A1 B R Pal YR 2002 UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/86/3/147.abstract AB 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.