Iron absorption and utilisation in the elderly

Abstract

New techniques suggest that inorganic iron absorption in the elderly is not normally reduced. The chief abnormal finding in a group of elderly healthy people was an increase in absorbed iron, possibly due to ineffective erythropoiesis.

Citation

(1980), "Iron absorption and utilisation in the elderly", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 80 No. 1, pp. 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058785