The effect of repeated blood donations on the iron status of male Saudi blood donors

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Abdullah, Saleh M ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Erythropoiesis with iron deficiency; Iron deficiency; Regular blood donors; Serum ferritin; Serum iron; Sideropenia

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEPLETION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CELL VOLUME; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBE;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79953725445     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2010.0040-10     Document Type: Article

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