Iron Nutritional and physiological significance The Report of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Task Force

Iron Nutritional and physiological significance The Report of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Task Force / edited by The British Nutrition Foundation.

Iron is a key element in nutrition. It has a central role in energy metabolism of living cells and iron deficiency anaemia is one of the world's most common nutritional deficiency diseases. The Iron Task Force is a committee of acknowledged experts in the field of iron biochemistry and metaboli...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: The British Nutrition Foundation (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edition:1st ed. 1995.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Public health.
Nutrition   .
Biochemistry.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Iron biochemistry
  • 2 Iron absorption
  • 3 Dietary sources and intakes of iron
  • 4 Mechanisms of cellular iron homeostasis
  • 5 Measurement of iron status
  • 6 Iron as a pro-oxidant
  • 7 Iron and anaemia
  • 8 Iron overload and toxicity
  • 9 Effect of iron on work performance and thermogenesis
  • 10 Iron in infection and immunity
  • 11 Iron and mental and motor behaviour in childhood
  • 12 Iron and coronary heart disease
  • 13 Iron and cancer
  • 14 Iron, the brain and neurodegeneration
  • 15 Iron in infancy and childhood
  • 16 Iron in adolescence
  • 17 Iron and women in the reproductive years
  • 18 Iron status in older people
  • 19 Iron status of vegetarians
  • 20 Public health considerations
  • 21 Conclusions and suggestions for future progress
  • 22 General conclusions and recommendations
  • References.

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