TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Iron Overload A1 - Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 - Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 - Kipps, Thomas J. A1 - Prchal, Josef T. A1 - Levi, Marcel M. Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e AB - Iron deficiency is one of the most common chronic maladies in humans. One-third to one-half of healthy females of reproductive age in the United States have absent iron stores, and 10 percent have iron deficiency anemia, also common in infants and adolescents.Iron overload denotes an excess of iron in the body. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126651202 ER -