Daily doses of 20 mg of elemental iron compensate for iron loss in regular blood donors: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1427-1432

  Radtke, Hartmut ^a   Tegtmeier, Joanna ^b   Röcker, Lothar ^b   Salama, Abdulgabar ^b   Kiesewetter, Holger ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRON BALANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 4844230745     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.04074.x     Document Type: Article

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