Iron metabolism in athletes - achieving a gold standard

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-15

  Latunde Dada, Gladys O ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Erythropoiesis; Hepcidin; Hypoxia; Iron

Indexed keywords

FERROPORTIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15; HEPCIDIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ATHLETE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIRCULATION; DOPING; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; GOLD STANDARD; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMA VOLUME; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANEMIA; ANOXIA; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ATHLETES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EXERCISE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IRON;

EID: 84871206441     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12026     Document Type: Review

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