Effects of Positive Iron Status at a Cellular Level
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- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nutrition Reviews
- Vol. 54 (3) , 85-88
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03876.x
Abstract
The human body is not equipped to eliminate excess iron. As a result, cells continously store excess absorbed iron in a complex with the protein ferriKeywords
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