The haematological response to an iron injection amongst female athletes

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 474-478

  Ashenden, M J ^a   Fricker, P A ^a   Ryan, R K ^a   Morrison, N K ^a   Dobson, G P ^b   Hahn, A G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basketball; Iron deficiency anaemia; Mean cell haemoglobin content; Mean cell volume; Reticulocytes; Technicon H*3

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETICULOCYTE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; IRON, DIETARY; SPORTS;

EID: 0031736316     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971947     Document Type: Article

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