Iron status in Danish women, 1984-1994: A cohort comparison of changes in iron stores and the prevalence of iron deficiency and iron overload

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-61

  Milman, Nils ^a,b   Byg, Keld Erik ^a   Ovesen, Lars ^c   Kirchhoff, Marianne ^b   Jürgensen, Kirsten S L ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Ferritin; Iron deficiency; Iron fortification; Iron metabolism; Iron overload; Women

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DENMARK; EGG; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON FORTIFICATION; IRON INTAKE; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; POULTRY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0038460703     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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