Nutrition Research
Volume 24, Issue 11 , Pages 875-887 , November 2004

Twice the recommended daily allowance of iron is associated with an increase in plasma α-1 antichymotrypsin concentrations in Guatemalan school-aged children

  • Francisco J. Rosales, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 814 865 5607; fax: +1 814 863 6103.
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  • Yu Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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  • Beate Pfeiffer

      Affiliations

    • Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging, and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Zona11 Guatemala
    • Department of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 70593, Germany
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  • Annegret Rau

      Affiliations

    • Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging, and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Zona11 Guatemala
    • Department of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 70593, Germany
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  • Maria-Eugenia Romero-Abal

      Affiliations

    • Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging, and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Zona11 Guatemala
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  • Jürgen G. Erhardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 70593, Germany
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  • Noel W. Solomons

      Affiliations

    • Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging, and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Zona11 Guatemala
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  • Hans K. Biesalski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 70593, Germany

Received 28 October 2003 ,Revised 27 May 2004 ,Accepted 7 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2004.06.008

Nutrition Research
Volume 24, Issue 11 , Pages 875-887 , November 2004

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