Randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation attenuates fatigue and declining iron stores for female officers-in-training

Journal of Military and Veterans' Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 13-24

  Booth, Christine K ^a   Carins, Julia E ^a   Robertson, Iain K ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Females; Iron status; Iron supplement; Military; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980349763     PISSN: 18351271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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