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When iron is deficient, ________________________ cannot be produced, causing malformed red blood cells, the inability to deliver adequate oxygen to tissues ultimately leading to ____________________________________, whose symptoms include fatigue, weakness, headache, decreased work capacity an inability to maintain body temperature in a cold environment, changes in behavior and decreased risk to infection.

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, Hypoxia

Step-by-step explanation:

The deficiency of iron in the body leads to the inadequacy in hemoglobin formation (causing anemia) and since, oxygen is carried by blood in the blood in the body, it also leads to inadequate supply of oxygen to the tissues in the body resulting in a condition termed as Hypoxia.

Hypoxia is a that condition where a particular region of a body or the whole suffers from inadequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.

The people suffering from Hypoxia shows symptoms like behavioral changes, lower risk of infections, weakness, decreased capacity to work, etc

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