Poor iron status is more prevalent in hispanic than in non-hispanic white older adults in Massachusetts

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 414-420

  Seaverson, Erin L ^a   Buell, Jennifer S ^b   Fleming, Diana J ^a   Bermudez, Odilia I ^a   Potischman, Nancy ^c   Wood, Richard J ^a   Chasan Taber, Lisa ^d   Tucker, Katherine L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33846840532     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.2.414     Document Type: Article

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