On Iron Requirement in Menstruating Teen‐Age Girls

AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN A NORTHERN SWEDISH COUNTY. IV. Haematological Investigations, especially in regard to Iron Deficiency Anaemia

“…It therefore seems likely that their anaemia was caused by excessive menstrual blood losses. Since the age of menarche is steadily decreasing, iron deficiency anaemia caused by heavy menstrual bleeding is becoming more and more a problem for paediatricians (20,21).…”