Iron supplementation for female athletes: Effects on iron status and performance outcomes

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 234-239

  DellaValle, Diane M ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; OROSOMUCOID;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON OVERLOAD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84884560708     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e31829a6f6b     Document Type: Article

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