Combined iron deficiency and low aerobic fitness doubly burden academic performance among women attending university

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 104-109

  Scott, Samuel P ^a   De Souza, Mary Jane ^a   Koehler, Karsten ^b   Murray Kolb, Laura E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Grade point average; Iron deficiency; Women; Young adult

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009288393     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.240192     Document Type: Article

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