High prevalence of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in early childhood among a nationally representative sample of Cambodian women of childbearing age and their children.

• Main Authors: Kyly C Whitfield (Author), Geoffry Smith (Author), Chhoun Chamnan (Author), Crystal D Karakochuk (Author), Prak Sophonneary (Author), Khov Kuong (Author), Marjoleine Amma Dijkhuizen (Author), Rathavuth Hong (Author), Jacques Berger (Author), Tim J Green (Author), Frank Tammo Wieringa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Thiamine deficiency is thought to be an issue in Cambodia and throughout Southeast Asia due to frequent clinical reports of infantile beriberi. However the extent of this public health issue is currently unknown due to a lack of population-representative data. Therefore we assessed the thiamine stat...