High prevalence of iron deficiency among educated hospital employees in Switzerland

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Schuepbach, Reto A ^a   Bestmann, Lukas ^b   Béchir, Markus ^a   Fehr, Jörg ^a   Bachli, Esther B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hospital epidemiology; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOCHROMIC ERYTHROCYTE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENSTRUATION; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROCYTOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RED MEAT; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TAMPON; TRANSFERRIN SATURATION;

EID: 79959615909     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: 15552810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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