Is it necessary to consider obesity when constructing norms for hemoglobin or when screening for anemia using hemoglobin levels?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-45

  Al Hashem, Fahaid H ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; OBESITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 34249787074     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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