Iron status of the Taiwanese elderly: The prevalence of iron deficiency and elevated iron stores

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-284

  Wang, Jui Line ^a,b   Shaw, Ning Sing ^b  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999 2000); Gastrointestinal ulcer; Iron deficiency; Iron overload; Iron status; Serum ferritin; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 25444527759     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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