Iron status is associated with performance on executive functioning tasks in nonanemic young women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-37

  Scott, Samuel P ^a   Murray Kolb, Laura E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain; Cognition; Executive functioning; Female; Iron deficiency; Iron status

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEARNING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLANNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COGNITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ATTENTION; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959265415     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.223586     Document Type: Article

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