Red cell indices as predictors of iron depletion in blood donors

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 253-258

  Alexander, H D ^a,b   Sherlock, J P ^a,b   Bharucha, C ^a,b  

^a KEBLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Donation frequency; Iron depletion; Mean cell haemoglobin; Mean cell volume

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD DONOR; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD DONORS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE;

EID: 0034526647     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2000.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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