High prevalence of asymptomatic vitamin D and iron deficiency in East African immigrant children and adolescents living in a temperate climate.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on September 03, 2007

Authors

George McGillivray1, Susan A Skull, Gabrielle Davie, Sarah E Kofoed, Alexis Frydenberg, James Rice, Regina Cooke, Jonathan R Carapetis

Author Affiliations

1: Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

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