Race-specific WBC and neutrophil count reference intervals

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 32, Issue 6 PART 2, 2010, Pages 590-597

  Lim, E M ^a   Cembrowski, G ^a   Cembrowski, M ^b   Clarke, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hematology; race ethnicity; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD CELL COUNT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; NUTRITION SURVEYS;

EID: 78349277601     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2010.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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