Low Vitamin B12 Levels among Newly-Arrived Refugees from Bhutan, Iran and Afghanistan: A Multicentre Australian Study

BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 deficiency is prevalent in many countries of origin of refugees. Using a threshold of 5% above which a prevalence of low Vitamin B12 is indicative of a population health problem, we hypothesised that Vitamin B12 deficiency exceeds this threshold among newly-arrived refugees r...

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Autores principales: Benson, Jill, Phillips, Christine, Kay, Margaret, Webber, Murray T., Ratcliff, Alison J., Correa-Velez, Ignacio, Lorimer, Michelle F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057998

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057998

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