African iron overload

Seminars in Hematology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-269

  Gordeuk, Victor R ^a,b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IRON;

AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; DIET; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTORY; IRON INTAKE; MUTATION; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON, DIETARY; MUTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036798949     PISSN: 00371963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/shem.2002.35636     Document Type: Article

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