Iron Deficiency Anaemia In Rhodesian Africans

Abstract

It has been shown that the incidence of siderosis in Rhodesian Africans is high (Gelfand, 1955; Buchanan, 1966; Buchanan, 1967). In view of this it would be expected that iron deficiency anaemia would be uncommon in these people, yet it has been said that, on the contrary, it is fairly common. The following investigation was undertaken in an attempt to clarify the position