Coeliac disease: a potentially tretable health problem of Saharawi refugee children

Focuses on clinical and nutritional impact of coeliac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy); data from 65 Saharawi children living as refugees in Algeria. Summaries in French and Spanish. Coeliac disease is a common disorder among the Saharawis, a population that lives in Western Sahara, and is rel...

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Published inBulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 79; no. 6; pp. 541 - 545
Main Authors Rätsch, Ilse-Maria, Catassi, Carlo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2001
Subjects
Algeria
Child health
Children
Diseases
Health
Nutrition
Public health
Refugees
Refugees, Sahrawi
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Summary:Focuses on clinical and nutritional impact of coeliac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy); data from 65 Saharawi children living as refugees in Algeria. Summaries in French and Spanish. Coeliac disease is a common disorder among the Saharawis, a population that lives in Western Sahara, and is related with intolerance of dietary gluten, a protein occurring in wheat, rye, and barley.
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ISSN:0042-9686