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The iron contents in the hair and blood samples of 37 juvenile athletes who were supplemented with 0, 8 and 16 mg Fe/day, respectively, in the food of ferrous gluconatecontaining chocolate for 3 months were determined before and after the supplementation by INAA, SRXRF and blood analysis. The experimental results showed that after supplementation of the iron-fortified food, the normal ferritin level in the blood of the male athletes was attained and the iron content in the hair was increased with supplementation, but both are not in the positive proportion. Most of the female athletes had similar results. It is suggested that supplementation of 8 mg iron/day to juvenile athletes may be desirable.
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Qian, Q.F., Feng, W.Y., Chen, J.D. et al. Study on the effect of supplementation of ironfortified food to Chinese juvenile athletes by nuclear analysis techniques and blood analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 212, 51–59 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02165451
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02165451