Iron and the athlete

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-202

  Suedekum, Natalie A ^a   Dimeff, Robert J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 33746918400     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CSMR.0000306207.79809.7f     Document Type: Article

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