Haemoglobin concentrations appear to be lower in indigenous Greenlanders than in Danes: Assessment of haemoglobin in 234 Greenlanders and in 2804 Danes

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-29

  Milman, Nils ^a,b   Byg, Keld Erik ^a   Mulvad, Gert ^c   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^c   Bjerregaard, Peter ^d  

^a NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Denmark; Diet; Ferritin; Greenland; Haemoglobin; Inuit; Iron; Men; Transferrin; Women

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GREENLAND; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DENMARK; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GREENLAND; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INUITS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034890741     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2001.067001023.x     Document Type: Article

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