Iron deficiency anemia among Alaska natives may be due to fecal loss rather than inadequate intake

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2774-2783

  Petersen, Kenneth M ^a   Parkinson, Alan J ^a   Nobmann, Elizabeth D ^b   Bulkow, Lisa ^a   Yip, Ray ^c   Mokdad, Ali ^c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Natives; anemia; fecal occult blood; humans; iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FECES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029908312     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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