Iron Deficiency Anemia

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.

Table of Contents

• FRONT MATTER
• THE COMMITTEE
• MAJOR ISSUES
• RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
• RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
• RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN NONPREGNANT WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE
• RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN PREGNANT WOMEN
• RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIXES
• A ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• B IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA: A SYNTHESIS OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
• C IRON-DEPENDENT PATHOLOGIES
• D DIETARY IRON: TRENDS IN THE IRON CONTENT OF FOODS, USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL IRON, AND THE FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATION OF IRON IN THE DIET
• E COMMITTEE AND STAFF BIOGRAPHIES
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