Serum ferritin and risk of myocardial infarction in the elderly: The Rotterdam Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1231-1236

  Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^b   Koster, Johan F ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Lindemans, Jan ^b   Boeing, Heiner ^b   Hofman, Albert ^b   Witteman, Jacqueline Cm ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Iron status; Ischemic heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Rotterdam Study; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FERRITIN; HEME; IRON; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033050564     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.6.1231     Document Type: Article

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