Prevalence of iron deficiency in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 973-976

  Looker, Anne C ^a   Dallman, Peter R ^b   Carroll, Margaret D ^a   Gunter, Elaine W ^c   Johnson, Clifford L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030976067     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.12.973     Document Type: Article

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