TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Iron Deficiency
A1  - Powers, Jacquelyn M.
A1  - Heeney, Matthew M.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
Y1  - 2018
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - Iron  is  the  most  abundant  metal  on  earth,  and  despite  that,  iron  deficiency  is  the  most  prevalent  single  nutrient  deficiency  worldwide.  Term  newborns  possess  about  75  mg  of  elemental  iron/kg  (0.25–0.5  g  of  total  body  iron),  largely  acquired  during  transfer  of  maternal  iron  stores  during  the  third  trimester  of  pregnancy.  They  must  then  gain  4.5  g  of  iron  over  the  course  of  their  childhood  (1  mg/day)  to  achieve  the  nearly  5.0  g  of  body  iron  in  the  average  adult.  An  additional  0.2  to  0.5  mg/day  of  absorbed  iron  is  required  to  balance  normal  physiologic  iron  losses.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182909683
ER  -