Evaluation of the body iron status of native Canadians

The serum ferritin concentration was measured in 1417 Indians and 310 Inuit aged 1 to 89 years. The subjects were initially selected to produce a representative sample of the entire native population, but the rate of nonresponse was high, and the results reported in this paper are representative onl...

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Main Authors: Valberg, Leslie S., Birkett, Nicholas, Haist, James, Zamecnik, Jiri, Pelletier, Omer
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1979
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1818995
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/427665
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Summary:The serum ferritin concentration was measured in 1417 Indians and 310 Inuit aged 1 to 89 years. The subjects were initially selected to produce a representative sample of the entire native population, but the rate of nonresponse was high, and the results reported in this paper are representative only of the people studied.