Institute of Medicine, and Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia Among U.S. Children and Women of Childbearing Age Detection Committee on the Prevention, Catherine E. Woteki (EDT), Robert Earl (EDT) Iron Deficiency Anemia

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This book summarizes information related to public health measures on the prevention, detection, and management of iron deficiency anemia. It presents draft guidelines and recommendations related to this area, as applicable in primary health care and public health clinic settings, and it formulates recommendations for research. This volume is intended both to provide a common frame of reference for health professionals in preventing and treating iron deficiency anemia and to enable the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare national guidelines and recommendations for the prevention and control of iron deficiency anemia.