Men and postmenopausal women with iron deficiency had increased risk of gastrointestinal malignancy

  • Logan, Richard F MD
  • Ioannou, G N
  • Rockey, D C
  • Bryson, C L
  • Weiss, N S.

  • 1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    2Ioannou GN, Rockey DC, Bryson CL, Weiss NS. Iron deficiency and gastrointestinal malignancy: a population-based cohort study. Am J Med 2002;113:276-80

Source of funding: no external funding.

For correspondence: Dr G N Ioannou, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, WA,[email protected]

Abstract and commentary also appear in ACP Journal Club.

Evidence Based Medicine 8(3):p 94, May 2003.
Copyright © British Medical Journal 2003.
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