A pilot Iron Substitution Programme in female blood donors with iron deficiency without anaemia

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Pittori, C ^a   Buser, A ^a   Gasser, U E ^b   Sigle, J ^a   Job, S ^a   Ruesch M ^a   Tichelli, A ^c   Infanti, L ^a  

^a Blood Transfusion Centre   (Switzerland)

^b ClinResearch Ltd   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Iron deficiency without anaemia; Iron deficiency related symptoms; Iron substitution

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREMENOPAUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952526005     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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