Differences in the haematological profile of healthy 70 year old men and women: Normal ranges with confirmatory factor analysis

BMC Blood Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McIlhagger, Rowan ^a   Gow, Alan J ^a   Brett, Caroline E ^a   Corley, Janie ^a   Taylor, Michelle ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Starr, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPOIESIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS;

EID: 77953300201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2326-10-4     Document Type: Article

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