Study Protocol: Randomised controlled trial to investigate the functional significance of marginal riboflavin status in young women in the UK (RIBOFEM)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hill, Marilyn He ^a   Mushtaq, Sohail ^a   Williams, Elizabeth A ^a   Dainty, Jack R ^a,b   Powers, Hilary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; IRON; PLACEBO; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRON; PLACEBOS; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549150480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-90     Document Type: Article

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