Concept information
Preferred term
vitamin deficiency diseases
Definition
- Vitamins are required in the diet for human consumption. Compounds that are known collectively as vitamins are either insufficiently produced in the body or are not synthesized at all and yet are essential to normal body functions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Vitamin Deficiency Diseases]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/vitamin_deficiency_diseases
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