Relative importance of female-specific and non-female-specific effects on variation in iron stores between women

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 860-866

  Whitfield, John B ^a,b   Treloar, Susan ^b   Zhu, Gu ^b   Powell, Lawrie W ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron; Menopause; Menstruation; Twin study

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSFERRIN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0037338525     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04224.x     Document Type: Article

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