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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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| 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 |