Some haematological reference values for pre-primary and primary school aged children in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-267

  Dapper, D V ^b   Nwauche, C A ^a   Siminialayi, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin concentration; School children

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 70350736858     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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