Age-related changes in mean corpuscular volume in adult whites and African Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1763-1764

  Gamaldo, Alyssa A ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Rifkind, Joseph M ^a   Zonderman, Alan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL AGING; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80054757010     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03583.x     Document Type: Letter

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