Measurement of haemoglobin as a screening test in general practice

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-105

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

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE DISORDER; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILIA; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 3042660209     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914104774061100     Document Type: Review

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