Iron deficiency and susceptibility to infection : a prospective study of the effects of iron deficiency and iron prophylaxis in infants in Papua New Guinea

Investigation of the relationship between iron deficiency, iron supplementation and susceptibility to infection, was suggested by the author's initial observations of an association of anaemia with serious bacterial infections in infancy in Papua New Guinea. The bulk of previous longitudinal cl...

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Main Author: Oppenheimer, Stephen James
Other Authors: Hendrickse, Ralph G.
Published: University of Oxford 1987
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.236113