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.
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Associate Professor of Anthropology
Texas A&M University
Specialist in infant feeding and growth