Hemoglobin and hematocrit values of Saudi newborns in the high altitude of ABHA, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 527-529

  Bassuni, Wagih ^a   Asindi, Asindi Andrew ^a,c   Mustafa, Faraj Syed ^b   Hassan, Badawi ^b   Din, Ziauddin Sirajuddin ^b   Agarwal, Rakesh Kumar ^b  

^a ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Abha Maternity Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0029972367     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.527     Document Type: Article

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