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Estimating the burden of iron deficiency among African children

BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency (ID) is a major public health burden in African children and accurate prevalence estimates are important for effective nutritional interventions. However, ID may be incorrectly estimated in Africa because most measures of iron status are altered by inflammation and infect...

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Autores principales: Muriuki, John Muthii, Mentzer, Alexander J., Webb, Emily L., Morovat, Alireza, Kimita, Wandia, Ndungu, Francis M., Macharia, Alex W., Crane, Rosie J., Berkley, James A., Lule, Swaib A., Cutland, Clare, Sirima, Sodiomon B., Diarra, Amidou, Tiono, Alfred B., Bejon, Philip, Madhi, Shabir A., Hill, Adrian V. S., Prentice, Andrew M., Suchdev, Parminder S., Elliott, Alison M., Williams, Thomas N., Atkinson, Sarah H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7045745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32102669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-1502-7