Clinical implications of changes in the modern diet: Iron intake, absorption and status

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Haematology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-241

  Heath, Anne Louise M ^a   Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary iron; Intestinal absorption; Iron deficiency; Iron overload; Isotope labelling; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; ISOTOPE; PHYTATE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; HFE PROTEIN; PHYTIC ACID; POLYPHENOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MEAT; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BETA THALASSEMIA; BEVERAGE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREAL; CONTAMINATION; COOKING; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT JUICE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; TEA; VEGETABLE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIET; ENGLAND; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON, DIETARY;

EID: 0036431480     PISSN: 15216926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6926(02)90208-2     Document Type: Review

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