The reproductive ecology of iron in women

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 159, Issue , 2016, Pages S172-S195

  Miller, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; breastfeeding; ferritin; fertility; hemoglobin; hepcidin; human milk; iron supplementation; iron deficiency anemia; lactoferrin; menstruation; parity; pica; pregnancy; reproduction; transferrin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; ERYTHROCYTE; FERTILITY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; LACTATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MALARIA; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; REPRODUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84956608003     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22907     Document Type: Article

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