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Chapter 5 - Laboratory Assessment of Iron Status

from Section 2 - Iron Deficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2019

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Carlo Brugnara
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Robert T. Means Jr
Robert T. Means Jr
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Nutritional Anemia
Scientific Principles, Clinical Practice, and Public Health
 , pp. 51 - 68
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