Here are some recent references on iron deficiency: Kent, Susan and Eugene Weinberg 1989 Hypoferremia: Adaptation to disease? New England Journal of Medicine, 320 (March 9), p. 672- Weinberg, Eugene 1993 The development of awareness of iron-withholding defense. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Vol. 36 (Winter 1993), p. 215-221. Weinberg, Eugene 1992 Iron depletion: A defense against intracellular infection and neoplasia. Life Sciences V. 50 (18): 1289-1297. Zavaleta, Nelly et al. 1995 Iron and lactoferrin in milk of anemic mothers given iron supplements. Nutrition Research, V. 15 (May 1995), p. 681-690. School, Teresa and Mary Hediger 1994 Anemia and iron-deficiency anemia: Compilation of data on pregnancy outcome. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition., Vol. 59 (Suppl.), Februrayr 1994, p. 492-501S. Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D. e-mail to [log in to unmask] Associate Professor of Anthropology Texas A&M University Specialist in infant feeding and growth