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Malaria and vitamin A deficiency in African children: a vicious circle?

Vitamin A deficiency and malaria are both highly prevalent health problems in Africa. Vitamin A deficiency affects over 30 million children, most of whom are in the age-group (under five years) most affected by malaria. Vitamin A deficiency increases all-cause mortality in this part of the populatio...

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Autores principales: SanJoaquin, Miguel A, Molyneux, Malcolm E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19534807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-134