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Iron Age
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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I·ron Age
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a period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron.
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(in Greek and Roman mythology) the last and worst age of the world, a time of wickedness and oppression.
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Iron deficiency alters brain development and functioning1,2
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of myelination. The acquisition of iron by the brain is an age-related and brain-region-dependent...substantia nigra does not become rich in iron until the age of 12-15 y (16). The concentration of iron is highest in the brain at birth...
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Iron. (Good Sources of Nutrients) (Pamphlet)
Newspaper article from: Pamphlet by: U.S. Department of Agriculture; 1/1/1990; 700+ words
; ...surveys, over three-fourths of American women 19 to 50 years of age had iron intakes below 80 percent of their RDA. Average iron intake was 67 percent of the RDA. Men of the same age met their RDA. The ability of the body to absorb and utilize...
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Iron supplement use among women in the United States: Science, policy and practice1,2
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...unrelated to actual need. J. Nutr. 133: 1974S-1977S, 2003. KEY WORDS: * iron supplements * iron deficiency * adolescents * childbearing age * women The use of iron supplements is accepted as a treatment for nonhereditary anemia. The use of...
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Iron and Zinc Supplementation Improved Iron and Zinc Status, but Not Physical Growth, of Apparently Healthy, Breast-Fed Infants in Rural Communities of Northeast Thailand1
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...infants, even before the age of 4 mo. Although the major sources of iron and zinc in rural Thailand...combined, can improve iron and zinc status and growth of infants 4-6 mo of age compared with infants...The interactions between iron and
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Iron supplementation affects growth and morbidity of breast-fed infants: Results of a randomized trial in Sweden and Honduras
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...group receiving iron supplement from 4 to 9 mo of age; Fe 6-9, group...Medicine recommends iron drops between 4 and 6 mo of age for infants who are...infants 6-12 mo of age who do not consume at least 400 mL of iron-fortified formula...
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Iron supplementation--is it necessary for healthy pregnancy?(Practice Issue)
Magazine article from: New Zealand College of Midwives Journal; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Iron is an important mineral during pregnancy...supply provides numerous sources of iron, many women of child-bearing age in New Zealand consume intakes below...recommended. The beneficial effects of iron supplementation in pregnancy on birth...
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Iron Deficiencies and Excesses. (minerals and nutrition)
Magazine article from: Consumers' Research Magazine; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...adequately, but not excessively. Iron deficiency is the commonest known form...children and women of childbearing age. Iron-deficiency anemia in American infants...decades due to the increased use of iron-enriched formulas and baby foods...
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Iron-deficient mice fail to develop autoimmune encephalomyelitis1
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...It is unclear what effect iron supplementation (especially in individuals with normal iron status) has on immune function. The role of iron status in immune function is...Bar Harbor, ME) at 4 wk of age. Upon arrival, the mice were...
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Chronic iron overload and toxicity: Clinical chemistry perspective
Magazine article from: Clinical Laboratory Science; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...daily diet contains 15 to 40 mg of iron. Less than 10% of this dietary iron is absorbed to balance the daily...Healthy females of reproductive age lose about 1.5 mg/day because of the additional loss of iron from menstruation and childbirth...
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Iron: a nutrition bad guy or a much-needed nutrient? (Minerals, part 3)
Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 10/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...rarely occur before middle age, can include fatigue...ironically, also a symptom of iron deficiency), bronze...credit for the decline in iron-deficiency anemia among...women of child-bearing age In the long run, says...s much better to avoid iron deficiency than to end...
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iron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...compounds are important in nutrition; one cause of anemia is iron deficiency. For the history of the use of iron, see Iron Age . Properties Iron is a lustrous, ductile, malleable, silver-gray metal found in Group 8 of the periodic table . It is...
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Iron (revised)
Book article from: Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
...history beginning in about 1200 B.C. is called the Iron Age. It was at about this time that humans first learned...out of iron. This step marked the beginning of the Iron Age. Iron is most valuable not as a pure metal, but in alloys...
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Iron Deficiency Anemia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...premature infants have a lower supply of iron and, for this reason, it is recommended...term infants, beginning at two months of age, be given oral supplements of 7 mg iron/day, as ferrous sulfate. Iron deficiency can be provoked where infants...
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Iron
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...ornamental objects, simple tools, and weapons from iron. So dramatic was the impact of this new technology...following 1200 BC is generally known as the Iron Age. A major change in the technique for producing iron from its ores occurred in about 1773. As trees...
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Iron Age
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Iron Age period in the development of industry that begins with the general use of iron and continues into modern times. In Asia...culture ) and central Europe. The Early Iron Age in central Europe, dating from c.800...
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