Iron Deficiency and Overload From Basic Biology to Clinical Medicine

Iron deficiency is ever-present among all populations throughout the world irrespective of race, culture, or ethnic background. Even with the latest advances in medicine, improved nutrition, and the ready availability of cheap oral iron, there is still no

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Iron Deficiency and Overload From Basic Biology to Clinical Medicine

Edited by

Shlomo Yehuda, phd David I. Mostofsky, phd

IRON DEFICIENCY AND OVERLOAD

NUTRITION

AND HEALTH Adrianne Bendich, PhD, FACN, SERIES EDITOR

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IRON DEFICIENCY AND OVERLOAD From Basic Biology to Clinical Medicine Edited by

SHLOMO YEHUDA, PhD Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

and

DAVID I. MOSTOFSKY, PhD Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Editors Shlomo Yehuda Department of Psychology Psychopharmacology Lab Bar-Ilan University 52900 Ramat Gan, Israel [email protected]

David I. Mostofsky Department of Psychology Boston University 64 Cummington St. Boston MA 02215-2407 USA [email protected]

Series Editor Adrianne Bendich GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Parsippany, NJ

ISBN 978-1-934115-22-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-59745-462-9

e-ISBN 978-1-59745-462-9

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Series Editor Introduction

The Nutrition and Health series of books have, as an overriding mission, to provide health professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes (1) a synthesis of the state of the science, (2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields, (3) extensive, up-to-date fully annotated reference lists, (4) a detailed index, (5) relevant tables and figures, (6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences, (7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted inter-chapter referrals, (8) suggestions of areas for future research, and (9) balanced data-driven answers to patient /health professionals questions that are based upon the totality of evidence rather than the findings of any single study. The series vol

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