Vitamin B12 Deficiency Prevalent Among Refugees
New research from the University of Adelaide has discovered a high prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency among refugees, prompting calls for refugees to be routinely screened for the problem soon after they arrive. Vitamin B12 deficiency is a sign of severe malnourishment and can result in permanent damage to the nervous system…
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency Prevalent Among Refugees
March 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adelaide, diet, from-the-university, high-prevalence, nervous, nutrition / diet, permanent-damage, problem, problem-soon, prompting-calls, routinely-screened, severe-malnourishment, the-nervous, university
