Iron in obesity. An ancient micronutrient for a modern disease

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Zafon, C ^a   Lecube, A ^b   Simo R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ferritin and insulin resistance; Iron metabolism; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HEPCIDIN; INSULIN; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CELL METABOLISM; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRON BALANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MACROMOLECULE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; FERRITINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; OBESITY;

EID: 77949879761     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00638.x     Document Type: Review

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