Iron deficiency in distance runners. A reinvestigation using 59Fe-labelling and non-invasive liver iron quantification

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 473-479

  Nachtigall, D ^a   Nielsen, P ^a   Fischer, R ^a   Engelhardt, R ^a   Gabbe, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

59Fe absorption test; Gastrointestinal blood loss; Iron deficiency; Liver iron; Runners

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON 59;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; RUNNING; SPECTROMETER;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FECES; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; IRON RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 0029831173     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972881     Document Type: Article

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