All that glitters is not iron (deficiency): Revisiting the question of why anemic individuals are anemic

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 91-97

  Solomons, Noel W ^a  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Iron metabolism; Micronutrient interventions

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

COTE D'IVOIRE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; KENYA; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0036195639     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/00296640260042766     Document Type: Short Survey

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