Traditional beer consumption and the iron status of spouse pairs from a rural community in Zimbabwe

Blood

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2159-2166

  Moyo, Victor M ^b   Gangaidzo, Innocent T ^b   Gomo, Z A R ^b   Khumalo, Hlosukwazi ^b   Saungweme, Thokozile ^b   Kiire, C F ^b   Rouault, Tracey ^b   Gordeuk, Victor R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SPOUSE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030941552     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.6.2159     Document Type: Article

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