Iron nutrition and premenopausal women: Effects of poor iron status on physical and neuropsychological performance

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-288

  McClung, James P ^a   Murray Kolb, Laura E ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Behavior; Cognition; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anemia; Work performance

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; FERROPORTIN 1; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; MYOGLOBIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE WORKER; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE CELL; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MAXIMAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEAT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; SMOKING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84880679724     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: 15454312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071812-161205     Document Type: Article

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