Adjustment of serum total calcium for albumin concentration: Values change with age in women but not in men

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-62

  Payne, R B ^a   Barth, J H ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium homeostasis; Reference ranges; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030063522     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329603300109     Document Type: Article

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