Serum markers of stored body iron are not appropriate markers of health effects of iron: A focus on serum ferritin

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 442-445

  Lee, Duk Hee ^a,b   Jacobs Jr , David R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; OXYGEN RADICAL; TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BINDING AFFINITY; DISSOCIATION; FENTON REACTION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1642319251     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00344-X     Document Type: Article

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