Association between consumption of black tea and iron status in adult Africans in the North West Province: The THUSA study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 430-437

  Hogenkamp, P S ^a,b   Jerling, Johann C ^a   Hoekstra, T ^a   Melse Boonstra, A ^a,b   Macintyre, U E ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black tea; Ferritin; Haemoglobin; Iron deficiency anaemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; TEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 52949146400     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450889441X     Document Type: Article

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