Are published standards for haematological indices in pregnancy applicable across populations: An evaluation in healthy pregnant Jamaican women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  James, Tameika R ^a   Reid, Harvey L ^a   Mullings, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUBLISHING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STANDARD; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 41449096669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-8-8     Document Type: Article

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