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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 15, 282-286, Copyright © 1964 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Iron Deficiency in Alaskan Eskimos

E. M. SCOTT PH.D.1 and CHRISTINE A. HELLER PH.D.1

1 From the Arctic Health Research Center, U.S. Public Health Service, Anchorage, Alaska

Adults who received an average of 10 to 15 mg. iron per day in food were given a daily supplement of 65 mg. iron as ferrous sulfate or a placebo. When the two groups were compared, the iron supplement had no effect in the men, but caused an appreciable rise in the hemoglobin level of the women who had a low hemoglobin level initially (<11.7 gm. per 100 ml.).






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