Iron deficiency in older people: Interactions between food and nutrient intakes with biochemical measures of iron; further analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey of people aged 65 years and over

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 552-559

  Doyle, Wendy ^a,d   Crawley, H ^a   Robert, H ^b   Bates, C J ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst of Brain Chem and Hum Nutr   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Food consumption; Iron status; Nutrient intake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; IRON;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEESE; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; POTATO; POULTRY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032782882     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600787     Document Type: Article

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