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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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