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Who knows how common it is to have low-iron anemia?
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Very common.: Iron deficiency anemia is pretty common among reproductive-age women, as they lose additive amounts of blood with successive menstrual cycles and frequently do not consume enough red meat.
Answered 7/15/2012
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