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Deficiency Diseases

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Name the nutrients whose deficiencies cause the following diseases in humans :

(i) Pernicious anemia

(ii) Pellagra

(iii) Night blindness

(iv) Goitre

(v) Kwashiorkor

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Solution

(i) Pernicious anaemia - Vitamin B₁₂

(ii) Pellagra - Vitamin B₃

(iii) Night blindness - Vitamin A

(iv) Goitre - Mineral iodine

(v) Kwashiorkor - Proteins

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