TY - BOOK AU - Earl,Robert O. AU - Woteki,Catherine E. AU - Calloway,Doris Howes ED - Institute of Medicine (U.S.). ED - Institute of Medicine (U.S.). TI - Iron deficiency anemia: recommended guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management among U.S. children and women of childbearing age SN - 0585158797 AV - RA645.I75 I75 1993eb U1 - 616.1/52 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Washington, DC PB - National Academy Press KW - Iron deficiency anemia KW - United States KW - Iron deficiency anemia in children KW - Women KW - Diseases KW - Children KW - Health and hygiene KW - Child KW - Anemia, Hypochromic KW - Women's Health KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Anémie ferriprive KW - États-Unis KW - Anémie ferriprive chez l'enfant KW - Femmes KW - Maladies KW - Enfants KW - Santé et hygiène KW - children (people by age group) KW - aat KW - MEDICAL KW - Hematology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Committee chair: Doris H. Calloway; Study was supported by funds from the Division of Nutrition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; Includes bibliographical references; Committee's charge and approach -- Major issues -- Defining anemia -- Prevalence of anemia as a public health problem -- Implications of research on excess iron intake -- Developing screening and intervention guidelines -- Intervention strategies: efficacy and safety -- Supplementation for infants and children -- Supplementation for women -- Safety -- Recommended guidelines for prevention, detection and management of iron deficiency anemia -- Infants and children -- Nonpregnant women of childbearing age -- Pregnant women -- Comments and caution about cutoff values for laboratory tests -- Comments and caution about routine use of ferritin values -- 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 -- Efficacy of routine iron supplementation during pregnancy -- Research base for public policy; (cont) Iron deficiency anemia: a synthesis of current scientific knowledge and U.S. recommendations for prevention and treatment / Peter R. Dallman -- Iron-dependent pathologies / John L. Beard -- Dietary iron: trends in the iron content of foods, use of supplemental iron and the framework for regulation of iron in the diet -- Committee and staff biographies; Access restricted to subscribing institutions UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2540 ER -