Haemoglobinometry in general practice

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 343-346

  Lewis, S M ^a   Osei Bimpong, A ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia screening; Blood counts; General practice; Haemoglobinometry; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILIA; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347504925     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0141-9854.2003.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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