Iron supplementation and the female soldier

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-300

  Johnson, Anthony E ^a  

^a McDonald Army Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON;

ARTICLE; COFFEE; COGNITION; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK REDUCTION; SOLDIER; TEA; VITAMIN INTAKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33645996687     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.4.298     Document Type: Article

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