Iron stores and iron absorption: Effects of repeated blood donations

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 611-620

  Garry, Philip J ^a   Koehler, Kathleen M ^a   Simon, Toby L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donation; elderly men and women; ferritin; iron absorption; iron stores

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON KINETICS; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029151906     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/62.3.611     Document Type: Article

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