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Descriptor English:   Iron Deficiency 
Descriptor Spanish:   Deficiencia de Hierro 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Deficiência de Ferro 
Tree Number:   SP6.016.052.068.139
Definition English:   Dietary iron deficiency, precursor of iron deficiency anemia, the most common of all nutritional diseases, affecting mainly children under 5 years of age and pregnant women. The sources of this mineral are meat, liver and other offal and seafood. Among vegetables, the best sources are legumes. 
See Related English:   Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CO complications
DI diagnosis DT drug therapy
ET etiology ME metabolism
PC prevention & control TH therapy
Record Number:   16595 
Unique Identifier:   DDCS016595 

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