Reliability and validity of palmar and conjunctival pallor for anemia detection purposes;Confiabilidade e validade da palidez palmar e de conjuntivas como triagem de anemia

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 404-408

  Spinelli, Mônica Glória N ^a   Souza, José Maria P ^b   de Souza, Sônia B ^b   Sesoko, Edna H ^a  

^a Assistencia Social da Prefeitura   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia blood; Anemia, diagnosis; Hemoglobins analysis; Pallor; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HAND; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141515674     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000400003     Document Type: Article

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