The effect of blood donation frequency on iron status

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-169

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Donation frequency; Haemoglobin; Iron deficiency; Serum ferritin; Serum transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 71549162548     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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