File:Kwashiorkor 6180.jpg

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Description

Česky: Tvář dítěte s kwashiorkorem

English: This 1970 photograph depicts an infant presented with symptoms indicative of w:en:Kwashiorkor, a dietary protein deficiency, as well as a Vitamin B deficiency. Kwashiorkor sufferers, i.e., inadequate dietary protein intake, show signs of thinning hair or “Flag Sign”, edema, inadequate growth, and weight loss. Note the angular stomatitis indicative of an accompanying Vitamin B deficiency as well. 1824-71T, Box 5.7DD

Date

1970

Source

http://phil.cdc.gov
This image was copied from wikipedia:en. Transwiki approved by: w:en:User:Dmcdevit

Author

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Permission
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This photograph is public domain implicitly by being the work of a US Government agency, but the public domain status is also explicitly stated on the CDC website. Note: only a general URL has been provided. Javascript on the site seems to be rewriting URLs such that the given URL for a page results in an invalid entry if entered directly. http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp

This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

Image description page history

link	date/time	username	edit summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Kwashiorkor_6180.jpg&redirect=no&oldid=153955673	11:12, 11 September 2007	w:en:User:Dmcdevit
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Kwashiorkor_6180.jpg&redirect=no&oldid=153955673	14:19, 27 August 2007	w:en:User:68.39.174.238
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Kwashiorkor_6180.jpg&redirect=no&oldid=77997886	23:00, 26 September 2006	w:en:User:Quintote	(This photograph is public domain implicitly by being the work of a US Government agency, but the public domain status is also explicitly stated on the CDC website. Note: only a general URL has been provided. Javascript on the site seems to be rewriting U)

File usage

The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Malnutrition

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Copyright holder	Public domain; work of a US Government agency. Public domain status also explicitly stated on CDC webpage where this image was retrieved.
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Windows
File change date and time	17:53, 26 September 2006
Colour space	Uncalibrated

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