White blood cell counts in healthy Jamaican adults

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-151

  Urquhart, N E ^a   Capildeo, K D ^a   Sargeant, L A ^b   Wharfe, G ^a   Hisada, M ^c   Hanchard, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAMAICA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEGRO; NEUTROPENIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD DONORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48449097386     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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