Iron supplements: The quick fix with long-term consequences

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-5

  Fisher, Anna E O ^a   Naughton, Declan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER ION; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; IRON SALT; METAL ION; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CATALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FENTON REACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; IRON THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 2642558068     PISSN: 14752891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-3-1     Document Type: Review

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