A hand-powered, portable, low-cost centrifuge for diagnosing anemia in low-resource settings

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-332

  Brown, Jocelyn ^a   Theis, Lauren ^a   Kerr, Lila ^a   Zakhidova, Nazima ^a   O'Connor, Kelly ^a   Uthman, Margaret ^b   Oden, Z Maria ^a   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HAND POWERED CENTRIFUGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; PLASMA; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RELIABILITY;

ANEMIA; CENTRIFUGATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 80051485462     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0399     Document Type: Article

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