Iron metabolism, malaria, and other infections: What is all the fuss about?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2537-2541

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANEMIA; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPPER METABOLISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57349160468     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.098806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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