title: Iron metabolism: a 40-year overview.
abstract: The study of iron metabolism during the past 40 years is summarized. The status of hematology in general, and of the Hematology Division at Washington University in particular, is retrospectively reviewed. From a baseline of accepted information in 1950, the major areas of iron metabolism in humans are examined and significant additions to the fund of knowledge are identified. Progress in most areas is characterized by slow accretion of knowledge rather than by true conceptual breakthroughs.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D005527:Food, Fortified; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D006397:Hematinics; D007501:Iron