Risk of iron overload among middle-aged women

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 119-125

  Kato, Ikuko ^a   Dnistrian, Ann M ^b   Schwartz, Morton ^b   Toniolo, Paolo ^c   Koenig, Karen ^c   Shore, Roy E ^c   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, Anne ^c   Akhmedkhanov, Arslan ^c   Riboli, Elio ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Iron; Supplements; Women

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; IRON OVERLOAD; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034045860     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.70.3.119     Document Type: Article

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