Losses of Ingested Iron Temporarily Retained in the Gastrointestinal Tract
- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 25 (2) , 124-126
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.1981.tb01376.x
Abstract
Excretion of radioiron 1 mo. after oral intake was studied in 6 healthy men by means of whole-body counting. In 1 of the subjects 17.6% of the 59Fe retained 2 wk after oral intake was subsequently excreted. The radioiron losses were not due to bleeding. There was a fairly close positive correlation between Fe status of the subjects and the amount of radioiron lost. The observed losses of radioiron probably reflect a physiological mechanism which regulates Fe absorption.Keywords
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