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Effects of alcohol consumption on indices of iron stores and of iron stores on alcohol intake markers.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jul 2001
Whitfield J B, Zhu G, Heath A C, Powell L W, Martin N G
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BACKGROUND: Alcohol increases body iron stores. Alcohol and iron may increase oxidative stress and the risk of alcohol-related liver disease. The relationship between low or "safe" levels of alcohol use and indices of body iron stores, and the factors that affect the alcohol-iron relationship, have not been fully characterized. Other aspects of the biological response to alcohol use have been reported to depend...
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