Sex differences in blood cell counts in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 between 79 and 87 years

Maturitas

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-376

  Starr, John M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood count; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; EOSINOPHILS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MONOCYTES; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960015623     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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