Micronutrient status in female university students: Iron, zinc, copper, selenium, vitamin B12 and folate

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5103-5116

  Fayet Moore, Flavia ^a   Petocz, Peter ^b   Samman, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Copper; Folate; Iron; Selenium; Vitamin B12; Women; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; METHYLMALONIC ACID; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC; IRON INTAKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; COLORIMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; HYPOFERRITINAEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AUSTRALIA; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREVALENCE; SELENIUM; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84910621174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6115103     Document Type: Article

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