Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2009)
Screening for Iron Overload: Lessons from the HEmochromatosis and IRon Overload Screening (HEIRS) Study
- Paul C Adams,
- James C Barton,
- Gordon D McLaren,
- Ronald T Acton,
- Mark Speechley,
- Christine E McLaren,
- David M Reboussin,
- Catherine Leiendecker-Foster,
- Emily L Harris,
- Beverly M Snively,
- Thomas Vogt,
- Phyliss Sholinsky,
- Elizabeth Thomson,
- Fitzroy W Dawkins,
- Victor R Gordeuk,
- John H Eckfeldt
Affiliations
- Paul C Adams
- Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
- James C Barton
- Southern Iron Disorders Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Gordon D McLaren
- VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, and Univeristy of California, Irvine, California, USA
- Ronald T Acton
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Mark Speechley
- University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Christine E McLaren
- Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
- David M Reboussin
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Catherine Leiendecker-Foster
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Emily L Harris
- Translational Genomics Research Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Beverly M Snively
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Thomas Vogt
- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Phyliss Sholinsky
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Elizabeth Thomson
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Fitzroy W Dawkins
- Department of Medicine, Howard University, Washington DC, USA
- Victor R Gordeuk
- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- John H Eckfeldt
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/839308
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 23,
no. 11
pp. 769 – 772
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The HEmochromatosis and IRon Overload Screening (HEIRS) Study provided data on a racially, ethnically and geographically diverse cohort of participants in North America screened from primary care populations.
