High prevalence of iron deficiency and anemia in female military recruits

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 866-869

  Dubnov, Gal ^a   Foldes, A Joseph ^b   Mann, Gideon ^c   Magazanik, Abraham ^d   Siderer, Moshe ^e   Constantini, Naama ^f  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e Israel Police   (Israel)

^f Medical Commission   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON STORAGE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOLDIER;

EID: 33748781990     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.9.866     Document Type: Article

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