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Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in young African children
BACKGROUND: Children living in sub-Saharan Africa have a high burden of rickets and infectious diseases, conditions that are linked to vitamin D deficiency. However, data on the vitamin D status of young African children and its environmental and genetic predictors are limited. We aimed to examine t...
Autores principales: | Mogire, Reagan M., Morovat, Alireza, Muriuki, John Muthii, Mentzer, Alexander J., Webb, Emily L., Kimita, Wandia, Ndungu, Francis M., Macharia, Alex W., Cutland, Clare L., Sirima, Sodiomon B., Diarra, Amidou, Tiono, Alfred B., Lule, Swaib A., Madhi, Shabir A., Sandhu, Manjinder S., Prentice, Andrew M., Bejon, Philip, Pettifor, John M., Elliott, Alison M., Adeyemo, Adebowale, Williams, Thomas N., Atkinson, Sarah H. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8136043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34011341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01985-8 |
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