Iron status in Norwegian blood donors: Comparison of iron status in new blood donors registered in 1993-1997 and in 2005-2006

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Rosvik A S ^a,b,c   Hervig, T ^a,c   Wentzel Larsen, T ^c   Ulvik, R J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Donor rejection; Haemoglobin; Iron status; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449112115     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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