Gender and age as risk factors for hypokalemia and hyperkalemia in a multiethnic Asian population [3]

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 331, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 171-172

  Hawkins, Robert C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASIAN; AUTOANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE;

EID: 0037402919     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00112-8     Document Type: Letter

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