Iron Deficiency Anemia

Summarizes information related to public health measures on the prevention, detection, and management of iron deficiency anemia. This book presents draft guidelines and recommendations related to this area, as applicable in primary health care and public health clinic settings. It also formulates recommendations for research.

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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.


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