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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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Pubblicato in:Evol Med Public Health
Autori principali: Wander, Katherine, Shell-Duncan, Bettina, Brindle, Eleanor
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2017
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Accesso online: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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