Body iron stores are associated with serum insulin and blood glucose concentrations: Population study in 1,013 eastern Finnish men

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 426-428

  Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^a   Nyyssönen, Kristiina ^a   Salonen, Riitta ^a   Tervahauta, Arja ^a   Korpela, Heikki ^a   Lakka, Timo ^a   Kaplan, George A ^b   Salonen, Jukka T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FINLAND; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031033103     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.3.426     Document Type: Article

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