Iron overload in Sub-Saharan Africa: To what extent is it a public health problem?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Walker, Alexander R P ^a   Segal, Isidor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON INTAKE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCURVY; SIDEROSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032817712     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s000711459900077x     Document Type: Article

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