Iron - getting the balance right

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 212-214

  Fairweather tait, Susan J ^a   Johnson, Ian T ^a   Gabrielle Wharf, S ^a   Lund, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Diseases; Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014857     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346659710180307     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Babbs, C.F. (1989), “Free radicals and the etiology of colon cancer”, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Vol. 8, pp. 191-200.
2. Barrett, J.F.R., Whittaker, P.G., Williams, J.G. and Lind, T. (1994), “Absorption of non-haem iron from food during normal pregnancy”, BMJ, Vol. 309, pp. 79-82.
3. British Nutrition Foundation (1995), “Iron absorption”, Iron, Nutritional and Physiological Significance, Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 3-12.
4. Department of Health (1991), Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom, HMSO, London, pp. 161-6.
5. Fairweather-Tait, S.J. (1996), “Iron deficiency anaemia: epidemiology, complications, diagnosis, and management”, Int. Seminar. Paed. Gastro Nutr., Vol. 5, pp. 3-8.
6. Nelson, R.L., Yoo, J.C., Tanure, J.C., Andrianopoulos, G. and Misumi, A. (1989), “Effect of iron on experimental colorectal carcinogenesis”, Anticancer Research, Vol. 9, pp. 1477-82.
7. Tidehag, P., Hallmans, G., Wing, K., Sjostrom, R., Agren, G., Lundin, E. and Zhang, J.-X. (1996), “A comparison of iron absorption from single meals and daily diets using radioFe (55Fe, 59Fe)”, Br J Nutr, Vol. 75, pp. 281-9.
8. Wurzelmann, J.I., Silver, A., Schreinemachers, D.M., Sandler, R.S. and Everson, R.B. (1996), “Iron intake and risk of colorectal cancer”, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, Vol. 5, pp. 503-7.