Haemoglobin adjustments to define anaemia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1267-1271

  Sullivan, Kevin M ^a,b   Mei, Zuguo ^b   Grummer Strawn, Laurence ^b   Parvanta, Ibrahim ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anaemia; Cigarette smoking; Haemoglobin; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ETHNICITY; HEMOGLOBIN; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOFTWARE;

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 53549127247     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02143.x     Document Type: Article

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