SOURCES:
Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health: "Iron."
UpToDate: "Approach to the Adult Patient With Anemia."
CDC: "Iron and Iron Deficiency."
National Institutes of Health: "Iron."
American Family Physician: “Iron Deficiency and Other Types of Anemia in Infants and Children.”
American Journal of Therapeutics: “Suboptimal response to ferrous sulfate in iron-deficient patients taking omeprazole.”
American Society of Hematology: “Iron-Deficiency Anemia.”
British Journal of Nutrition: "Micronutrient interactions: effects on absorption and bioailability."
Cleveland Clinic: “52 Foods High In Iron,” “Iron Supplement (Ferrous Sulfate),” “Iron Infusion.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “Get nutrients from food, not supplements, from the June 2015 Harvard Health Letter.”
Mayo Clinic: “Iron deficiency anemia,” “Pregnancy week by week,” “Hey menstrual bleeding,” “Iron Supplement (Ferrous Sulfate).”
Merck Manual: “Iron Poisoning,” “Overview of Malabsorption.”
Microbiology Research: “Oral Iron Supplementation – Gastrointestinal Side Effects and the Impact on the Gut Microbiota,” “Zinc.”
MyHealthAlberta: “Learning About Anemia of Prematurity.”
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease.”