Muslims Wearing Burkas at Risk From Rickets

Sunday MercuryJuly 30, 2006

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PREGNANT Midland women who regularly wear burkas are being targeted by health chiefs trying to halt a rise in rickets.

The Victorian disease, caused by lack of exposure to the sun - resulting in vitamin D deficiency - has returned to Birmingham.

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Muslims Wearing Burkas at Risk From Rickets

Shockingly, 65 city children have needed hospital treatment for rickets, or related hypocalcaemic fits, in the past three years.

And health bosses fear this may be the tip of t...

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