Haemoglobin colour scale for anaemia diagnosis where there is no laboratory: A systematic review

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1425-1434

  Critchley, Julia ^a   Bates, Imelda ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Developing countries; Diagnosis; Haemoglobin; Haemoglobinometry; Health plan implementation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDLINE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCISEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANEMIA; COLOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29244439567     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi195     Document Type: Article

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