Reference values for anaemia in the elderly;Grenswaarden voor anemie bij oude mensen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 150, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1002-1006

  Izaks, G J ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT MOBILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33646506147     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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