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Science 25 September 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3952, pp. 1334 - 1336
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3952.1334
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Pagophagia in the Albino Rat

Stephen C. Woods 1 and Richard S. Weisinger 1

1 Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98105

Pagophagia, or ice-eating, is a common symptom of iron-deficiency anemia in humans. Rats made anemic by withdrawal of blood consume a significantly greater proportion of their daily water in the form of ice than nonanemic controls. Recovery from the anemia eliminates the pagophagia.


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