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Lower incidence of respiratory infections among iron-deficient children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Objective: We posited a trade-off in iron nutrition, with iron deficiency decreasing risk for infection by depriving infectious agents of iron while increasing risk for infection by compromising immune protection. We described associations between iron deficiency and prevalent and incident infectiou...

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Publié dans:Evol Med Public Health
Auteurs principaux: Wander, Katherine, Shell-Duncan, Bettina, Brindle, Eleanor
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Oxford University Press 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570096/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852503
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox010
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