Iron deficiency and gastrointestinal malignancy: A population-based cohort study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 276-280

  Ioannou, George N ^a,b,e   Rockey, Don C ^d   Bryson, Christopher L ^b   Weiss, Noel S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCULT BLOOD; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036702366     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01214-7     Document Type: Article

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