Normal blood cells reference intervals of healthy adults at the Gaza Strip - Palestine

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-361

  Sirdah, Mahmoud M ^a   Tarazi, Issa S ^b   El Jeadi, Hesham ^b,c   Al Haddad, Rami M ^b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Palestine Avenir Foundation   (Palestine)

^c European Gaza Hospital   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Blood cells; Hematological parameters; Percentiles; Reference intervals; Sex related changes; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALESTINE; PATIENT CARE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARABS; BLOOD CELLS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 53549092139     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20265     Document Type: Article

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