Iron status of female collegiate athletes involved in different sports

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Gropper, Sareen S ^a   Blessing, Daniel ^a   Dunham, Kim ^a   Barksdale, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collegiate athletes; Females; Iron status

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEPLETION; IRON THERAPY; SPORT;

EID: 29944447046     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/bter:109:1:001     Document Type: Article

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