Anemia in prospective blood donors deferred by the copper sulphate technique of hemoglobin estimation

BMC Hematology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Antwi Baffour, Samuel ^a   Annor, David Kwasie ^a   Adjei, Jonathan Kofi ^a   Kyeremeh, Ransford ^a   Kpentey, George ^b   Kyei, Foster ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood donors; Blood transfusion; Donor deferrals; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; EDETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTIC NORMOCHROMIC ANEMIA; MICROSCOPY; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; NORMOCYTIC HYPOCHROMIC ANEMIA; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAINING;

EID: 85018730543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12878-015-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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