This volume serves to challenge the conventional views of the relationship between health, disease, and iron; of the symptomatic role of low iron levels; of cultural imperatives related to diet, such as daily meat intake; and of prescribed iron fortification. The contributors are leading researchers in ethnography, archaeology, physical anthropology, microbiology, and medicine.
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-A multidisciplinary volume with contributors from anthropology, ethnography, archeology, medicine, and microbiology. The contributors challenge the diagnosis of traditional iron deficiency anemia and propose identification of anemia associated with iron withholding, a protective mechanism of the body that prevents infection, and reduces risk for neoplasia and chronic disease... Contributors address theoretical issues and present case studies. The editors provide excellent commentaries to introduce and summarize the controversial content. Well documented with references, tables, and graphs. Graduate through professional.- --N. S. Springer, Choice "A multidisciplinary volume with contributors from anthropology, ethnography, archeology, medicine, and microbiology. The contributors challenge the diagnosis of traditional iron deficiency anemia and propose identification of anemia associated with iron withholding, a protective mechanism of the body that prevents infection, and reduces risk for neoplasia and chronic disease... Contributors address theoretical issues and present case studies. The editors provide excellent commentaries to introduce and summarize the controversial content. Well documented with references, tables, and graphs. Graduate through professional." --N. S. Springer, Choice "A multidisciplinary volume with contributors from anthropology, ethnography, archeology, medicine, and microbiology. The contributors challenge the diagnosis of traditional iron deficiency anemia and propose identification of anemia associated with iron withholding, a protective mechanism of the body that prevents infection, and reduces risk for neoplasia and chronic disease... Contributors address theoretical issues and present case studies. The editors provide excellent commentaries to introduce and summarize the controversial content. Well documented with references, tables, and graphs. Graduate through professional." --N. S. Springer, Choice
This volume serves to challenge the conventional views of the relationship between health, disease, and iron; of the symptomatic role of low iron levels; of cultural imperatives related to diet, such as daily meat intake; and of prescribed iron fortification. The contributors are leading researchers in ethnography, archaeology, physical anthropology, microbiology, and medicine.
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