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In order to provide sufficient iron for the conceptus, the normal woman’s daily iron need of about 1·5 mg is increased to 3·5 to 4·0 mg. A normal mixed diet contains 15 to 20 mg of iron daily. It follows that in the healthy pregnant woman on an ordinary diet, development of iron deficiency is an absorption defect, and iron status can only be improved with oral iron by giving fairly large doses.
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Ledward, R.S., Hawkins, D.F. (1983). Anaemia. In: Drug Treatment in Obstetrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3298-3_4
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