Relationship between haemoglobin and haematocrit in the definition of anaemia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1295-1302

  Quintó, Llorenç ^a,b,g   Aponte, John J ^a,b   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b   Sacarlal, Jahit ^b,c   Aide, Pedro ^b,d   Espasa, Mateu ^a,b   Mandomando, Inacio ^b,d   Guinovart, Caterina ^a,b   Macete, Eusebio ^b,e   Hirt, Rosmarie ^f   Urassa, Honorathy ^f   Navia, Margarita M ^a,b   Thompson, Ricardo ^b,d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^e Ministerio de Saúde ^*  (Mozambique)

^f IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agreement; Anaemia; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CHILD; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; IFAKARA; JAPAN; KINKI; KOBE; MANICA; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33746432657     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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