Iron Deficiency Anemia

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

• 1 FRONT MATTER; 2 THE COMMITTEE; 3 MAJOR ISSUES; 4 RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; 5 RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN; 6 RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN NONPREGNANT WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE; 7 RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN PREGNANT WOMEN; 8 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH; 9 REFERENCES; 10 APPENDIXES; 11 A ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 12 B IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA: A SYNTHESIS OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT; 13 C IRON-DEPENDENT PATHOLOGIES; 14 D DIETARY IRON: TRENDS IN THE IRON CONTENT OF FOODS, USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL IRON, AND THE FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATION OF IRON IN THE DIET; 15 E COMMITTEE AND STAFF BIOGRAPHIES