Serum ferritin as a marker of potential biochemical iron overload in athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 356-358

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Schena, Federico ^b   Franchini, Massimo ^c   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Bioingegneria e Scienze Motorie   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doping; Ferritin; Iron overload; Iron supplementation therapy; Sport medicine

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIING;

BICYCLING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIING;

EID: 25444438746     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000179135.92468.f2     Document Type: Article

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