Childhood malnutrition: Toward an understanding of infections, inflammation, and antimicrobials

BACKGROUND: Undernutrition in childhood is estimated to cause 3.1 million child deaths annually through a potentiating effect on common infectious diseases, such as pneumonia and diarrhea. In turn, overt and subclinical infections, and inflammation, especially in the gut, alter nutrient intake, abso...

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Published in:Food Nutr Bull
Main Authors: Jones, Kelsey D., Thitiri, Johnstone, Ngari, Moses, Berkley, James A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4257992/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25069296
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