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Iron & zinc homeostasis in women during their reproductive years

Reference	BBS/E/F/02300636
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Susan Jane Fairweather-Tait
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	127,553
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/03/1998
Duration	12 months

Abstract

Iron deficiency is very common in women of child-bearing age and might have a detrimental effect both on the woman and any children she might have. Body iron levels cannot be predicted from total iron intake, but menstrual blood loss may be an important determinant of iron in the body. The aim of this project is to examine the effect of menstrual losses of blood on iron metabolism. The effect of high and low menstrual losses on body iron levels, the efficiency of iron absorption, and the rate of erythropoiesis will be examined using stable isotopes of iron and quantitative reticulocyte counting, in collaboration with the University of Wales College of Medicine. The results will determine the extent to which women are able to maintain iron balance by increasing the efficiency of absorption when menstrual losses of iron are high, and will clarify the extent to which the rate of erythropoiesis is a determinant of iron homeostasis.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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