Validation of the haemoglobin colour scale for screening blood donors in Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 30-33

  M'Baya, B ^a   Mbingwani, I ^b   Mgawi, L ^b   Mkochi, V ^b   Bates, I ^c   White, S A ^b   Allain, T J ^b  

^a Malawi Blood Transfusion Service   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906482950     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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