Variations of whole blood viscosity using Rheolog™ - A new scanning capillary viscometer

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 332, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Wang, Sihe ^a   Boss, Anders H ^b   Kensey, Kenneth R ^b   Rosenson, Robert S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rheologics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Interindividual variation; Intraindividual variation; Meal effect; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DIET RESTRICTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; VISCOMETER;

EID: 0038324394     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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