Comparison of four immunoassays to measure serum ferritin concentrations and iron deficiency prevalence among non-pregnant Cambodian women and Congolese children

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 65-72

  Karakochuk, Crystal D ^a   Whitfield, Kyly C ^a   Rappaport, Aviva I ^a   Barr, Susan I ^a   Vercauteren, Suzanne M ^b   McLean, Judy ^a   Hou, Kroeun ^c   Talukder, Aminuzzaman ^c   Houghton, Lisa A ^d   Bailey, Karl B ^d   Boy, Erick ^e   Green, Timothy J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bias; Cambodia; concordance; Congo; ferritin; traceability

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIAN; CHILD; CONGO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CAMBODIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAMBODIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998880897     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0421     Document Type: Article

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