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Irone-containing producte remain widely available, with the most potentially toxic being adult iron preparation

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Irone-containing producte remain widely available, with the most potentially toxic being  adult iron preparations. Of the following,the severity of iron toxicity is MOSTLY related to the


  1. age of child
  2. time of presentation
  3. type of salt preparation
  4. number of tablets ingested
  5. amount of elemental iron ingested

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(E). The severity of an exposure is related to the amount of elemental iron ingested. Ferrous sulfate contains 20% elemental iron, ferrous gluconate 12%, and ferrous fumarate 33%. Multivitamin preparations and children's vitamins rarely contain enough elemental iron to cause significant toxicity

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