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Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anaemia: Who is at risk?

People most likely to be suffering from iron deficiency include: 1,2
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  6. NIH. Iron fact sheet for consumers [Internet]. National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. 2022 [cited 12 September 2022]. Available from: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iron-Consumer/.