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High prevalence of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in early childhood among a nationally representative sample of Cambodian women of childbearing age and their children

BACKGROUND: Thiamine deficiency is thought to be an issue in Cambodia and throughout Southeast Asia due to frequent clinical reports of infantile beriberi. However the extent of this public health issue is currently unknown due to a lack of population-representative data. Therefore we assessed the t...

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Autores principales: Whitfield, Kyly C., Smith, Geoffry, Chamnan, Chhoun, Karakochuk, Crystal D., Sophonneary, Prak, Kuong, Khov, Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine Amma, Hong, Rathavuth, Berger, Jacques, Green, Tim J., Wieringa, Frank Tammo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5600402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28873391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005814