Evaluation of macrocytosis by general practitioners

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Seppä, Kaija ^a   Heinilä, Kaija ^a,b   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^a,c   Saarni, Matti ^a,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Tampere City Health Center   (Finland)

^c Alko Inc   (Finland)

^d Tampere City Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0030044659     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1996.57.97     Document Type: Article

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