Less than 80% of absorbed iron is promptly incorporated into erythrocytes of infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Fomon, Samuel J ^a   Ziegler, Ekhard E ^a   Serfass, Robert E ^b   Nelson, Steven E ^a   Rogers, Ronald R ^a   Frantz, Joan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte incorporation of iron; Infants; Iron absorption; Iron balance studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON ABSORPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE;

EID: 0033987472     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.1.45     Document Type: Article

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