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Starved for Light The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency

Hardcover • 2024 • English

Starved for Light The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency

By Christian Warren

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

A wide-ranging history of rickets tracks the disease's emergence, evolution, and eventual treatment--and exposes the backstory behind contemporary worries about vitamin D deficiency. Rickets, a childhood disorder that causes soft and misshapen bones, transformed from an ancient but infrequent threat to a common scourge during the Industrial Revolution. Factories, mills, and urban growth transformed the landscape. Malnutrition and insufficient exposure to sunlight led to severe cases of rickets...Show more

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ISBN

9780226151939

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2024

Language

English

Original title

Starved for Light The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency

Format

Hardcover

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