Predicting iron and folate deficiency anaemias from standard blood testing: The mechanism and implications for clinical medicine and public health in developing countries

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dugdale, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ADULT; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33750492979     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-3-34     Document Type: Article

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