Evaluation of two methods for haemoglobin measurement in Cameroonian blood donors;Évaluation de deux techniques de dosage de l'hémoglobine chez des donneurs de sang camerounais

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 331-334

  Tayou Tagny, C ^a   Monny Lobe, M ^b,c   Mbanya, D ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Hopital Central de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Blood donor; Cameroon

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CAMEROON; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD DONORS; CAMEROON; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947613570     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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