Body Iron Stores and the Risk of Cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 16, 1988, Pages 1047-1052

  Stevens, Richard G ^a   Jones, D Yvonne ^b   Micozzi, Marc S ^b   Taylor, Philip R ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

BLOOD; CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0023784490     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198810203191603     Document Type: Article

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