The iron hypothesis - Does iron cause atherosclerosis?

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 925-929

  Meyers, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary arteriosclerosis; ferritin; iron; men; oxidation; women

Indexed keywords

IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; IRON CHELATION; IRON TRANSPORT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0029848123     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960191205     Document Type: Review

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