Lower incidence of respiratory infections among iron-deficient children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Objective: We posited a trade-off in iron nutrition, with iron deficiency decreasing risk for infection by depriving infectious agents of iron while increasing risk for infection by compromising immune protection. We described associations between iron deficiency and prevalent and incident infectiou...

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Autores principales: Wander, Katherine, Shell-Duncan, Bettina, Brindle, Eleanor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox010

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox010

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