Anaemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia among blood donors in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Jeremiah, Zaccheaus Awortu ^a   Koate, Baribefe Banavule ^a  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Blood donors; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anaemia; Regular blood donors

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DONOR SELECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 77953498294     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2009.0113-09     Document Type: Article

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