DNA damage from micronutrient deficiencies is likely to be a major cause of cancer

BN Ames - … Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of …, 2001 - Elsevier
A deficiency of any of the micronutrients: folic acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, niacin, Vitamin
C, Vitamin E, iron, or zinc, mimics radiation in damaging DNA by causing single-and double-
strand breaks, oxidative lesions, or both. For example, the percentage of the US ...

[HTML][HTML] Micronutrient deficiencies Vitamin A supplementation and child morbidity and mortality in developing countries (introductory text)

GH Beaton, R Martorell, KA Aronson… - Food and Nutrition …, 1993 - nzdl.org
Abstract A meta-analysis of eight mortality trials indicates that improving the vitamin A status
of children aged six months to five years reduced mortality rates by about 23% in
populations with at least low prevalence of clinical signs of vitamin A deficiency. The ...

[CITATION][C] Micronutrient deficiencies and cognitive functioning

MM Black - The Journal of nutrition, 2003 - Am Soc Nutrition

[PDF][PDF] Fertilizer application for correcting micronutrient deficiencies

DC Martens, DT Westermann - 1991 - eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov
Increases in crop yields from application of B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, and/or Zn occur in many parts
of the world including numerous regions of the USA. There is growing awareness that
micronutrient deficiencies may limit crop yields even though exceedingly small amounts ...

Micronutrient deficiencies after gastric bypass for morbid obesity.

JD Halverson - The American surgeon, 1986 - europepmc.org
Gastric stapling for morbid obesity has been popularized, in part, because of an apparent
lack of metabolic sequelae. Of our series of prospectively studied gastric bypass patients, 74
patients have been followed for more than 1 year. Anemia developed in more than one- ...

[CITATION][C] Environmental and soil factors affecting micronutrient deficiencies and toxicities

JT Moraghan, HJ Mascagni - Micronutrients in agriculture, 1991 - dl.sciencesocieties.org
The availability of the essential micro nutrients B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, and Zn to plants is often
poorly related to the total quantity of the particular element in the soil. Soil properties such as
pH, redox potential, organic matter content, nutrient interactions, the type of plant or variety ...

[HTML][HTML] Micronutrient deficiency: an underlying cause of morbidity and mortality

R Black - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003 - SciELO Public Health
''Micronutrients''is the collective term applied to essential vitamins and trace minerals.
Inadequate intake of them is now recognized as an important contributor to the global
burden of disease through increased rates of illness and death from infectious diseases, ...

The micronutrient report. Current progress and trends in the control of vitamin A iodine and iron deficiencies.

JB Mason, M Lotfi, N Dalmiya, K Sethuraman… - 2001 - popline.org
Micronutrient deficiencies are a significant cause of malnutrition and associated ill health
throughout the world. This is particularly true in the developing world where nearly 20% of
the population suffers from iodine deficiency about 25% of children have subclinical ...

Concurrent micronutrient deficiencies in lactating mothers and their infants in Indonesia

MA Dijkhuizen, FT Wieringa, CE West - The American journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Nutrition
Background: Deficiencies of vitamin A, iron, and zinc are prevalent worldwide, affecting
vulnerable groups such as lactating women and infants. However, the existence of
concurrent deficiencies has received little attention. Objective: The aim was to investigate ...

[CITATION][C] The effect of micronutrient deficiencies on child growth: a review of results from community-based supplementation trials

JA Rivera, C Hotz, T González-Cossío… - The Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Nutrition

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