A 12-Month-Old Toddler Weighing 8 Kilograms Is Brought to the Clinic

question 22

Multiple Choice

A 12-month-old toddler weighing 8 kilograms is brought to the clinic because of weakness, slow physical growth, and developmental delays. His mother reports that the only food he will consume is cow's milk. The symptoms support a diagnosis of which form of anemia?

• A) Pernicious
• B) Iron deficiency
• C) Aplastic
• D) Hemolytic

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Definitions:

Supply Curves

Graphical representations showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good that producers are willing to supply.

Price

The financial contribution expected, compelled, or made in payment for something.

Tariff

A tax imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries, used to control trade volumes.

Decrease in Supply

This occurs when there is a reduction in the quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to supply at all possible prices.