Effect of iron intake on iron status: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 768-780

  Casgrain, Amelie ^a   Collings, Rachel ^a   Harvey, Linda J ^a   Hooper, Lee ^a   Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS SULFATE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON THERAPY; MEAT; MEDLINE; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84866625117     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.040626     Document Type: Article

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