Haematological reference intervals in a multiethnic population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ambayya, Angeli ^a   Su, Anselm Ting ^b   Osman, Nadila Haryani ^a   Nik Samsudin, Nik Rosnita ^a   Khalid, Khadijah ^a   Chang, Kian Meng ^a   Sathar, Jameela ^a   Rajasuriar, Jay Suriar ^a   Yegappan, Subramanian ^a  

^a Ampang Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84898640604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091968     Document Type: Article

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