Interpretations of differences in population hemoglobin means: A critical review of the literature

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-90

  Kent, Susan ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia of Chronic Disease Infection; Blacks; ESR; Hemoglobin; Race; Serum Ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FERRITINS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031091435     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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