Association of vitamin D and diarrhoea in children aged less than five years at Muhimbili national hospital, Dar es Salaam: an unmatched case control study

Abstract Background There has been a growing interest in the non-skeletal roles of vitamin D particularly its immune-modulatory properties which has been shown to influence the susceptibility and severity to infections. There is insufficient data globally on the association between Vitamin D levels...

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Main Authors: Imran Hassam, Rodrick Kisenge, Said Aboud, Karim Manji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-019-1614-4