Haematological and biochemical indices in young African children: In search of reference intervals

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1741-1748

  Quintó, Llorenç ^a,b,f   Aponte, John J ^a,b   Sacarlal, Jahit ^b,c   Espasa, Mateu ^a,b   Aide, Pedro ^b,d   Mandomando, Inacio ^b,d   Guinovart, Caterina ^a,b   Macete, Eusebio ^b,e   Navia, Margarita M ^a,b   Thompson, Ricardo ^b,d   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b   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 HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Biochemistry; Children; Haematology; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE STRUCTURE; ANEMIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MALARIA; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIRUBIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750337689     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01764.x     Document Type: Article

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