Adjusting soluble transferrin receptor concentrations for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 372S-382S

  Rohner, Fabian ^a   Namaste, Sorrel ML ^b,c   Larson, Leila M ^d   Addo, O Yaw ^d   Mei, Zuguo ^e   Suchdev, Parminder S ^d,e   Williams, Anne M ^d   Sakr Ashour, Fayrouz A ^f   Rawat, Rahul ^g   Raiten, Daniel J ^h   Northrop Clewes, Christine A ⁱ  

^a GroundWork   (Switzerland)

^b and Innovations in Nutrition Globally ^*  (Vatican City State)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁱ Independent Public Health Nutrition Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anemia; inflammation; iron deficiency; nutritional assessment; soluble transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OROSOMUCOID; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 85026303712     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.142232     Document Type: Article

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